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Sir Trevor Nunn CBE (born
14 January 1940) is an
English award-winning
theatre- and
film director.
Biography
Early life
He was born in
Ipswich,
England and educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich and
Downing College, Cambridge, where he began his stage career before becoming a trainee director at the
Belgrade Theatre in
Coventry. He has held both the posts of Director of the
Royal Shakespeare Company and Director of the
Royal National Theatre, following in the footsteps of Sir
Peter Hall. He was knighted in 2002.
Career
In 1968, he was appointed Director of the
Royal Shakespeare Company, a position he held until 1986. His first wife,
Janet Suzman, appeared in many of his productions. Nunn became a leading figure in theatrical circles, and was responsible for many ground-breaking productions, such as the RSC's version of
Dickens's
Nicholas Nickleby, co-directed with
John Caird. A very successful director of musicals, in the non-subsidised sector, Nunn was responsible for
Cats (1981), formerly the longest running musical in
Broadway's history, and the first English production of
Les Misérables in 1985, also with
John Caird.
He has also directed
opera at
Glyndebourne, and began directing for television with
Antony and Cleopatra (starring Suzman) in 1974. He re-staged his highly successful Gyndebourne production of
Gershwin's
Porgy and Bess for television in 1993, and it was more favorably received than the 1959
Samuel Goldwyn -
Otto Preminger film version of the opera. He has occasionally ventured into film directing, such as
Lady Jane (1986),
Hedda, an adaptation of
Hedda Gabler, and a of Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night. He is currently married to actress
Imogen Stubbs, whose play
We Happy Few he directed, and who often appears in his productions, including the
Twelfth Night mentioned above.
Besides
Cats and
Les Miserables Nunn's other musical credits include
Starlight Express and
Sunset Boulevard. His current London production
Les Miserables, has been running for nearly 22 years, whilst recent London credits include
My Fair Lady,
South Pacific (at the
Royal National Theatre),
The Woman In White,
Othello and
Acorn Antiques The Musical,
The Royal Hunt of the Sun,
Rock 'N' Roll (starring
Alice Eve,
Sinead Cusack,
Brian Cox and
Rufus Sewell) and
Porgy and Bess (an abridged version with dialogue instead of recitatives, unlike Nunn's first production of the opera).
In 2004, Nunn created a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's
Hamlet. This performance starred
Ben Whishaw, and it took place at the
Old Vic Theatre in London, England.
New productions currently playing in Stratford include his RSC productions of
King Lear and
The Seagull. They embarked on a world tour before playing at the
New London Theatre from November 2007. The two plays both starred
Ian McKellen,
Romola Garai,
Frances Barber,
Sylvester McCoy, and
William Gaunt. He is also currently directing the
television production of King Lear, to be screened on Boxing Day, 2008.
Nunn's latest project, a musical adaptation of
Gone With The Wind opened at the
New London Theatre in April 2008. Next, will be returning to The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry (the theatre where he started his career) to direct
Joanna Murray-Smith's adaptation of
Ingmar Bergman's film
Scenes from a Marriage starring
Imogen Stubbs and
Iain Glen.
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