Derrick Goodwin
| Derrick Goodwin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Derrick John Goodwin 6 July 1935 (age 81) London, England |
| Occupation | Theatre director, television director, writer. |
| Spouse(s) | Nell Curran (1980-) |
Derrick John Goodwin (born 6 July 1935) is an English theatre and television director, writer, and producer.
Goodwin was born in London and educated at St. Mary's School, Hendon, and the Royal Academy of Music. He has a BA in music (Hons) and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Goodwin began his career in stage management. He was an assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre. Goodwin founded The Living Theatre company with Ken Loach, Jill Gascoine and Brian Grellis, converting an old school in Leicester into a 200-seat open stage theatre. After two years the building was needed for a new road scheme. A new theatre was built for their use by the city council, but they never moved into it. Goodwin has directed over a hundred theatre productions including plays by Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, John Osborne, Anton Chekhov and several of his own plays, including four plays for children.
Goodwin returned to the Royal Court to assist David William in the production of Luigi Pirandello's Naked and then was invited to become assistant director at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park. He was then appointed Artistic Director of the Dundee Repertory Theatre. After two years at Dundee he was invited by David William to become his Associate Director at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, mainly being responsible for the new Close Theatre Club which was also run by the Citizens' theatre board. He was then appointed Artistic Director of the Ipswich Arts Theatre. John Neville was about to become Artistic Director of the new Nottingham Playhouse, he also wanted to re-open the Newcastle Playhouse and asked Goodwin to become its director. When John Neville decided to leave the Nottingham Playhouse, Goodwin also resigned and joined the BBC television drama department, where he directed episodes of Thirty-Minute Theatre and Z-Cars. He then became a freelancer and with Rodney Bewes co-wrote and directed several series of Dear Mother...Love Albert. He directed the tour of My Fat Friend for Michael Codron Ltd and the tour of Relatively Speaking for the Oxford Playhouse.
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