Our series on theatrical discoveries continues with Trevor Griffiths’ incandescent examination of laughter and prejudice, remembered by the director who first put it on I very nearly lost …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMLighting designer who worked with Laurence Olivier on the construction and design of the National Theatre in LondonUntil Richard Pilbrow came along, the job of the lighting designer in Briti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48PMWith an impeccable pedigree, The Pajama Game was a surefire hit in the golden age of the musical. As his revival transfers to London's West End, Richard Eyre discusses a work that's bee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMLeading casting director who helped to launch actors such as David Oyelowo and Benedict CumberbatchMaggie Lunn, who has died of cancer aged 56, was a leading casting director, at various tim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMI first worked with John Gunter in 1969 at the then Hampstead Theatre Club, and it was from John that I really learned to be a director. I was then 26 and he was 30, but he had already made …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMWritten from bitter experience, Ibsen’s Little Eyolf is a bleak and brutal exploration of marital isolation. Ahead of his new staging, Richard Eyre explains why its heartbreak and hope res…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM'There's something even more important than Shakespeare, subsidised theatre and our love of ceremonial'Why are there so many great British theatre actors? I have a few theories. First, Shake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:27AMIn this extract from his new book, What Do I Know? People, Politics and the Arts, Richard Eyre profiles the playwright whose personality is on show everywhere Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMThe theatre director, who has just returned from Harare, says many Zimbabweans are now prospering
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:00AMMary Soames (obituary, 2 June) was chair of the Royal National Theatre Board from 1988, during most of my time as director, and we became very close friends. Her appointment was greeted by m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMHay Festival: Richard Eyre on how Judi Dench has remained at her peak for more than 60 years
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:00AMDirector Richard Eyre laments the painful pleasures of yet another first night
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:15AMWith an impeccable pedigree, The Pajama Game was a surefire hit in the golden age of the musical. As his revival transfers to London's West End, Richard Eyre discusses a work that's bee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMIn his monthly column, Richard Eyre makes an entrance at the Olivier Awards
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:15AMRichard Eyre reflects on following in the footsteps of Dostoevsky and Hockney in Baden Baden
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:15AMIn his monthly column, Richard Eyre considers expressive freedom in both language and opera
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:15AMIn his monthly column, Richard Eyre considers impending theatrical and familial decampments
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:15AMWorking as artistic director at the National Theatre from 1987 until 1997, I had time of my life, writes Richard EyreArtistic director of the National Theatre from 1987 to 1997, Richard Eyre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMThe premiere of Ibsen's Ghosts caused an explosion of outrage and critical venom. Richard Eyre discusses his new production of the play, and how all acts of adaptation leave a trace of autho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMJenny Harris, who has died of cancer aged 67, was the inspired and inspiring head of the National Theatre's education department from 1990 to 2007. She took over a small, peripheral unit and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM'There's something even more important than Shakespeare, subsidised theatre and our love of ceremonial'Why are there so many great British theatre actors? I have a few theories. First, Shake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PMPeter Brook opened my eyes to the possibilities of the theatre as an art, but John Neville made me see the attractions of a life in the theatre. When I did my first production (at the Phoeni…
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