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 my…
Lighting 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…
With 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…
Leading 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…
I 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 …
Written 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 reson…
'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…
In 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...
The theatre director, who has just returned from Harare, says many Zimbabweans are now prospering
Mary 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…
Hay Festival: Richard Eyre on how Judi Dench has remained at her peak for more than 60 years
Director Richard Eyre laments the painful pleasures of yet another first night
With 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…
In his monthly column, Richard Eyre makes an entrance at the Olivier Awards
Richard Eyre reflects on following in the footsteps of Dostoevsky and Hockney in Baden Baden
In his monthly column, Richard Eyre considers expressive freedom in both language and opera
In his monthly column, Richard Eyre considers impending theatrical and familial decampments
Working 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…
The 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…
Jenny 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…
'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…
Peter 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…