Stage director, born in Ipswich, Suffolk, E England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, then joined the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, as a trainee director, and moved to the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1965. In 1968 he succeeded Peter Hall as the company's artistic director, being joined as co-artistic director by Terry Hands 10 years later. He directed many outstanding productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), and during his directorship (196887) the RSC took many strides forward, including the opening of two new theatres in Stratford: The Other Place (1974) and The Swan (1986). He has also directed the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats (1981), Starlight Express (1984), and Aspects of Love (1989). During a successful period as director of the Royal National Theatre (19972003), he created Ensemble Companies with a core group of actors forming different casts in a series of plays. He received a knighthood in 2002. In 2003 he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Sir Trevor Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is a stage director and film director. 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. 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 is currently married to actress Imogen Stubbs, whose play We Happy Few was the last new play directed by Nunn, and who often appears in his productions.
When Nunn spoke out against the use of the term "luvvie" in Britain, which he regarded as insulting to thespians, Private Eye took to calling its Luvvies section Trevvies.
Recent and current London productions include Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, The Woman In White, Starlight Express, Sunset Boulevard, Othello and Acorn Antiques.
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