Colourful theatre director at the Royal Court and NationalThe theatre director Desmond O'Donovan, who has died aged 77, played an important role in the early history of the English Stage Company (ESC) at the Royal Court theatre in London and of the National Theatre company, originally in Chichester and then at the Old Vic in London. With the ESC, he staged the British premiere of Frank Wedekind's 1891 adolescent sexu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM on January 24, 2011