T01462913984Sir Richard Eyre was Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre for ten years. He has directed numerous classic plays, new films - most recently Iris, for which he co-wrote the screenplay - as well as the BAFTA award-winning BBC Drama Tumbledown. His first book the memoir Utopia and other places, was published by Bloomsbury in 1993. Changing Stages, the acclaimed guide to twentieth-century British Theatre, appeared in 2000. National Service is the diary he kept as Director of the Royal National Theatre from 1987 to 1997. It is a record that disarmingly captured a life at the heart of British cultural and political affairs. The job of grabbling with a giant three-headed monster as complex as the Royal National Theatre is laid before us; so is good gossip, brilliant insights into personalities and relationships, and a sense of the ridiculous which Eyre is powerless to suppress. His voice brings unrivalled insight into the famous and the powerful. | |
1 Nov 04 | Lyric Theatre, Belfast :: V552 listing details L0566160485 |
In Conversation with Michael Billington - T01278342820With more than 30 years of experience in the theatre, Sir Richard Eyre is one of the world's most respected directors of stage and screen. From 1988-97, he served as Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre a tenure which critics have described as a golden age. He has won numerous awards for his theatre work, including an Olivier Award for 'Lifetime Achievement'. | |
26 Oct 03 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L01184648450 |
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4 Feb 99 | Playhouse, Nottingham :: V457 listing details L1759648254 |