Who is missing from this list of Artistic Directors of the National Theatre – Laurence Olivier, Peter Hall, Richard Eyre and Nicholas Hytner?
"London, the Wigmore Hall and the Southbank Centre. In 1992 he made his first move into theatre following his appointment as Administrative Director of West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, alongside Jude Kelly where he produced a number of plays including the touring production of ""Five Guys Named Moe"" for Cameron Mackintosh Limited. In 1996, he was appointed Head of Planning of the Royal National Theatre under the outgoing artistic director, Sir Richard Eyre and subsequently with Sir Trevor Nunn, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Rufus Norris. In 2009 in became the National Theatre's Associate Producer. During this period he produced numerous"
"Nicholas Hytner Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner (born 7 May 1956) is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include ""Miss Saigon"", ""The History Boys"" and ""One Man, Two Guvnors"". Hytner was born in the prosperous suburbs of south Manchester in 1956, to barrister Benet Hytner and his wife, Joyce. He is the eldest child of four, and has described his upbringing as being in ""a typical Jewish, cultured family"". He attended Manchester Grammar School and went to University at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where"
"to become one of two Associate Directors. Since Olivier had already suffered from medical crises which were a feature of the last quarter of his life, the question of eventual succession as Artistic Director was obviously in the background. Blakemore felt he was a probable candidate, and indeed, according to Olivier's biographer Philip Ziegler, he was highly favoured. However, in 1973 the Board of the National Theatre appointed Peter Hall without consulting Olivier. Blakemore wrote: Blakemore and Hall had been rivals during the 1959 season at the Royal Shakespeare Company, when Hall had directed Blakemore as an actor and both"
"Royal Exchange Theatre and the National. A number of his successful productions have been made into films. In April 2013 Hytner announced he would step down as artistic director at the end of March 2015. Amongst Hytner's innovations were NT Future, the National Theatre Live initiative of simulcasting live productions, and the Entry Pass scheme, allowing young people under the age of 26 to purchase tickets for £7.50 to any production at the theatre. Rufus Norris took over as Artistic Director in March 2015. He is the first person since Laurence Olivier to hold the post without being a University"
"a complete list of his films in his autobiography: Peter Hall (director) Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall, CBE (22 November 1930 11 September 2017), was an English theatre, opera and film director whose obituary in ""The Times"" declared him ""the most important figure in British theatre for half a century"" and on his death a Royal National Theatre statement declared that Hall's ""influence on the artistic life of Britain in the 20th century was unparalleled"". In 1955 Hall introduced London audiences to the work of Samuel Beckett with the UK premiere of ""Waiting for Godot"". Hall founded the Royal Shakespeare"
"National Theatre and ran from 20 December 2003 until 27 March 2004. The production was directed by Nicholas Hytner and featured the following cast: All other parts were played by members of the company. The technical crew were as follows: The production was revived, again at the Olivier, National Theatre, in 2004. It opened on 20 November 2004 and ran until 2 April 2005. The production was again directed by Nicholas Hynter with Matt Wilde and featured the following cast: The technical crew remained largely the same as the original production with only the following changes/additions: The production won two"
"Illustrated London News"" considered to be ""Olivier at his twinkling, eye-rolling best""; both he and Caine were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, losing to Marlon Brando in ""The Godfather"". The last two stage plays Olivier directed were Jean Giradoux's ""Amphitryon"" (1971) and Priestley's ""Eden End"" (1974). By the time of ""Eden End"", he was no longer director of the National Theatre; Peter Hall took over on 1 November 1973. The succession was tactlessly handled by the board, and Olivier felt that he had been eased out—although he had declared his intention to go—and that he had not"
"Saturdays only, the programme included ""The Sneakers"" and ""The Streetlights"" by Half Human Theatre, ""The Thinker"" by Stuff & Things, ""H2H"" by Joli Vyann, ""Screeving"" by Urban Canvas, ""Pigeon Poo People"" by The Natural Theatre Company, ""Capses"" by Laitrum, ""Bang On!"", ""Caravania!"" by The Bone Ensemble, ""The Hot Potato Syncopators"", ""Total Eclipse of the Head"" by Ella Good and Nicki Kent, ""The Caravan Gallery"", ""Curious Curios"" by Kazzum Theatre and ""The Preeners"" by Canopy. Laurence Olivier became artistic director of the National Theatre at its formation in 1963. He was considered the foremost British film and stage actor of the"
"as principal conductor of the opera. At about the same time, the Boston Symphony Orchestra invited him to become its musical director, but Davis felt that if Covent Garden needed him, it was his duty to take on the post. Webster's vision was that Davis and the stage director Sir Peter Hall, formerly of the Royal Shakespeare Company, would work in equal partnership as musical director and director of productions. After early successes together, including the première of Michael Tippett's ""The Knot Garden"" in December 1970, Hall left to succeed Laurence Olivier as director of the National Theatre. Webster had"
"needs of theatre artists and audiences. Hytner stated as early as 2010 that he did not wish to stay as head of the National indefinitely, saying, ""I've been here seven years. My predecessors have averaged 12. It's important that someone else comes in and shakes it up again so I won't be here in 10 years, that's for sure."" In April 2013, he announced that he would step down as Director of the National Theatre at the end of March 2015. In his role as Director of National Theatre, he appeared on the Cultural Exchange as part of the Radio"
"Peter Hall (director) Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall, CBE (22 November 1930 11 September 2017), was an English theatre, opera and film director whose obituary in ""The Times"" declared him ""the most important figure in British theatre for half a century"" and on his death a Royal National Theatre statement declared that Hall's ""influence on the artistic life of Britain in the 20th century was unparalleled"". In 1955 Hall introduced London audiences to the work of Samuel Beckett with the UK premiere of ""Waiting for Godot"". Hall founded the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960–68) and went on to build an international"
"of the Chichester Festival during the first three seasons of the National; he used the festivals of 1964 and 1965 to give preliminary runs to plays he hoped to stage at the Old Vic. The opening production of the National Theatre was ""Hamlet"" in October 1963, starring Peter O'Toole and directed by Olivier. O'Toole was a guest star, one of occasional exceptions to Olivier's policy of casting productions from a regular company. Among those who made a mark during Olivier's directorship were Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi and Anthony Hopkins. It was widely remarked that Olivier seemed"
"that thereafter I only needed to do what I wanted to do."" What Hytner did was to continue directing theatre and opera, including several productions at London's National Theatre (where he had first directed in 1989 with ""Ghetto""). In 1990, he was appointed an Associate Director of the National by its then-Director Richard Eyre. One of the plays he directed was Alan Bennett's ""The Madness of George III"". When a film adaptation was commissioned, Bennett insisted Hytner should direct it, and the retitled ""The Madness of King George"" (1994) became Hytner's film debut. In 1994, Eyre announced he would be"
"painter or composer"". Nonetheless, some colleagues, particularly film actors such as Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, came to regard Olivier as the finest of his peers. Peter Hall, though acknowledging Olivier as the head of the theatrical profession, thought Richardson the greater actor. Others, such as the critic Michael Coveney, awarded the palm to Gielgud. Olivier's claim to theatrical greatness lay not only in his acting, but as, in Hall's words, ""the supreme man of the theatre of our time"", pioneering Britain's National Theatre. As Bragg identified, ""no one doubts that the National is perhaps his most enduring"
"Edward Hall (director) Edward Hall (born 27 November 1966) is an English theatre and film director who founded Propeller Shakespeare in 1998 of which he is Artistic Director. He also became Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre in 2010. He is known for directing multiple award winning Shakespeare, musicals such as 'Sunny Afternoon' and multiple screen work including William Boyd's screen adaptation of 'Restless'. Hall began his professional career as a theatre director at the Watermill Theatre in the early 1990s. At the Watermill, Hall directed a number of Shakespeare plays, including ""Henry V"" and ""The Comedy of Errors"". In 1996"
"stage such as U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ginsberg and Kennedy who made their last appearance in the opening of Strauss comedic opera ""Die Fledermaus"". New, promising, and exciting supernumeraries at the Washington National Opera include: Marlene Hall, David Brindley, Michael Walker, Emily Cohen, Eric Schultz, Felipe Lagos, Victor Yager, John Tinpe, Rey Rivera, Samantha Smith, Liam McKenna, and Toni Smiley. Other long time famed supernumeraries include Fernando Varisco, Karl Moeller, Patrizia DiZebba, Harry Spence, Peter Whitten, Alex Riley, Gary Nooger, and Alain Letort. In 2005 Walker, Yager and Varisco were invited by the well known opera director Cindy Oxberry, who"
"power failure in the building. We would watch the guests behave in a situation of increasing chaos, but they would of course remain throughout quite unable to see one another. Ever one to appreciate a theatrical idea, Tynan dragged me off instantly to see Laurence Olivier, the director of the National. In vain did I protest that there really was no play, merely a convention, and that anyway I had to travel immediately to New York to write a film script. Olivier simply looked through me with his own Chinese and unseeing eyes, said ""It's all going to be thrilling!"""
"theatre critic until mid-1963 when he joined the National Theatre. In 1963, Laurence Olivier became the British National Theatre Company's first artistic director. Tynan had been highly dismissive of Olivier's achievements as artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, which had opened in 1962, but he recommended himself for the role of literary manager. Olivier was initially outraged by Tynan's presumption but Olivier's wife, Joan Plowright, convinced him that Tynan would be an asset at the National Theatre Company, then based at the Old Vic theatre. When he became the National Theatre's literary manager, Tynan ceased to be the theatre"
"Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and, renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier. In 1991, the category was briefly retired and divided into the categories Best Director of a Play and Best Director of a Musical. These two categories were in turn retired in 1995, and the Best Director award was reinstated. Robert Icke became the"
"Laurence Olivier Presents Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television anthology series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of ""Hindle Wakes"", all starred Laurence Olivier. Some of the plays were based on productions staged at the National Theatre during the period when Olivier was Artistic Director. In addition to distinguished English actors, the casts assembled for these productions included several Hollywood stars, such as Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Maureen Stapleton. The individual plays adapted for television were: The series was also released by Acorn Media in September 2006"
"4 March 1997. He became a Patron of the Alzheimer's Research Trust in 2001. He was made an in 1998, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Nottingham on 10 July 2008. In November 2013, he once again won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director for Ibsen's ""Ghosts"" at the Almeida Theatre. This production moved to the West End. He was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama. Richard Eyre Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre (born 28 March 1943) is"
"Laurence Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as the Society of West End Theatre Awards, but they were renamed in honour of the British actor Laurence Olivier in 1984. The awards are given to individuals involved in West End productions and other leading non-commercial theatres based in London across a range of categories covering plays, musicals, dance, opera and affiliate theatre. A discretionary non-competitive Special Olivier"
"John Gielgud dominated British theatre of the mid-20th century. The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named after Olivier, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. Lionel Bart's 1960 musical ""Oliver!"" (based on Charles Dickens novel) contains the songs ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"" and ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"". ""Oliver!"" has received thousands of performances in British schools since. In July 1962, a board was set up to supervise construction of a National Theatre in London, and a separate board was constituted to run a National Theatre"
"actors did not endear them to the new chairman of the Old Vic governors, Lord Esher. He had ambitions to be the first head of the National Theatre and had no intention of letting actors run it. He was encouraged by Guthrie, who, having instigated the appointment of Richardson and Olivier, had come to resent their knighthoods and international fame. In January 1947 Olivier began working on his second film as a director, ""Hamlet"" (1948), in which he also took the lead role. The original play was heavily cut to focus on the relationships, rather than the political intrigue. The"
"of ""Henry V"" in modern dress (directed by Hytner) had never been to the theatre before, and that a large section of the audience for the drama ""Elmina's Kitchen"" were black east Londoners new to the National. Hytner has said that this diversity is a consequence of the theatre's direction rather than the motivation for it. ""I think our repertoire is more diverse than it's ever been,"" he said, ""and I think that reflects a more diverse society and a more diverse audience. The aim, though, was not to go out and find a diverse audience but for the repertoire"
"in the words of the English theatre director Peter Hall, ""the supreme man of the theatre of our time"". This table contains Olivier's known professional theatrical roles. It also contains the occasions when he both acted and directed. It does not contain those productions where he was a director but did not appear on stage. It also omits the amateur productions in which he performed at school, mostly Shakespeare, playing, among other roles, Brutus, Puck and also female roles, including Katherina in ""The Taming of the Shrew"". This table contains Olivier's stage work as a director. It does not include"
"Demetrius)"", Jon Trenchard ""(Jessica, Robin Goodfellow, Bianca)"", Christopher Heyward (""Orsino, Tailor, Widow""), Jack Tarlton ""(Bassanio, Lysander, Hortensio, Orsino)"", John Dougall ""(Gobbo, Flute)"", Robert Hands ""(Helena)"", Jamie Glover ""(Henry V)"", Dominic Tighe (""Queen Elizabeth""), Richard Clothier (""Richard III""). Propeller (theatre company) Propeller is a theatre company which presents the plays of William Shakespeare in the UK and around the world. The director is Edward Hall, and the casts are exclusively male actors. In the mid 1990s, the artistic director of the Watermill Theatre, Jill Fraser, offered Edward Hall the opportunity to direct ""Othello"" – his first full Shakespeare play. Although a"
"Hytner (Laurence Oliver award for Best Comedy) 2006 Crowther, History Boys on Broadway, 101 Productions, Nicholas Hytner (Tony award for Best Play) 2006 The History Boys International Tour, The National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner 2005 Faz, Playing With Fire, The National Theatre, Michael Attenborough 2005 Tom, Tom's Midnight Garden, The Unicorn Theatre, Tony Graham 2004 The History Boys, The National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner (Laurence Olivier award for Best Play) 2018 Dominic, Dark Money, BBC (Series Regular) 2018 Gopan, Strike Back, Sky, Cinemax, HBO (Lead) 2017 James, The Split by Abi Morgan, BBC and Sundance TV (Series Regular ) 2017 Milan, Our"
"In 2014 Sarah Frankcom became the sole artistic director. Associate Artistic Directors include:- Nicholas Hytner (1985–1989), Ian McDiarmid (1986–1988) and Phyllida Lloyd (1990–1991). Many other directors have worked at the Royal Exchange amongst them Lucy Bailey, Michael Buffong, Robert Delamere, Jacob Murray, Adrian Noble, Steven Pimlott and Richard Wilson. The company is renowned for its innovative designers, composers and choreographers which include Lez Brotherston, Johanna Bryant, Chris Monks, Alan Price, Jeremy Sams, Rae Smith and Mark Thomas. Throughout its history the theatre has attracted great actors and a number of them have taken on many roles over the years. Actors"
"of their productions between 1981 and 1985, working again with Adrian Noble on ""Anthony and Cleopatra"" in 1982, and most recently with ""Othello"" in 1999 directed by Michael Attenborough. Since the mid 1980s Fenton's theatre work has become sporadic, just 7 productions since 1987, as opposed to over 100 television and film scores. From time to time he still composes for the theatre, often when working with long-term collaborators such as Richard Eyre (""The Judas Kiss"", 1998 and ""Last Cigarette"", 2009), and Nicholas Hytner (""Untold Stories"", 2013, based on Alan Bennett's autobiographical work of the same name). His most unusual"
"but he still sees himself as primarily a theatre practitioner. ""I think I'm a theatre director who does other stuff,"" he has said. ""I can't see myself as a film-maker. I love doing opera when ever I've done it, but I always see myself as visiting from the theatre, which is where I belong. The real film-maker thinks with a camera, which is something I just can't do."" Hytner is on the Board of Trustees of the Royal Opera House. He is a patron of many organisations including London International Festival of Theatre, HighTide Festival Theatre, the Shakespeare Schools Festival,"
"productions. In 1985 Harewood retired, becoming chairman of ENO's board the following year. Peter Jonas succeeded Harewood as managing director. The 1980s leadership team of Elder, Pountney and Jonas became known as the ""Powerhouse"", initiated a new era of ""director's opera"". The three of them favoured productions described, contrastingly, by Elder as ""groundbreaking, risky, probing and theatrically effective"", and by the director Nicholas Hytner as ""Euro-bollocks that never has to be comprehensible to anybody but the people sitting out there conceiving."" Directors who did not, in Harewood's phrase, ""want to splash paint in the face of the public"" were sidelined."
"monument"". Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he had considerable success in television roles. His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession"