Richard Eyre
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Sir Richard Eyre CH, CBE |
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| Born |
Richard Charles Hastings Eyre 28 March 1943 Barnstaple, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Director, playwright |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Birtwistle |
| Awards |
Drama Desk Awards: Teddy Audience Award 2006: Notes on a Scandal |
Drama Desk Awards:
Outstanding Director of a Play
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CH, CBE (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director.
Born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, Eyre was educated at Sherborne School, an independent school for boys in the market town of Sherborne in northwest Dorset in southwest England, followed by Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge.
Eyre became the first president of Rose Bruford College in July 2010. He gives "President's Lectures" at this prestigious drama school; his 2012 talk was entitled "Directing Shakespeare for BBC Television". He lives in Brook Green, West London.
Eyre was Associate Director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 1967 to 1972. He won STV Awards for the Best Production in Scotland in 1969, 1970 and 1971. He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1973–78 where he commissioned and directed many new plays, including Trevor Griffiths' Comedians.
Eyre was director of the UK's National Theatre (which gained the now little-used prefix Royal during his time there) between 1987 and 1997. He had previously directed a noted revival of Guys and Dolls for the venue in 1982, with Olivier Award-winner Julia McKenzie and Bob Hoskins. He repeated this production in 1996 with Imelda Staunton and Joanna Riding. His diaries from his time at the National have been published as National Service, winning the 2003 Theatre Book Prize.
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