Adrian Noble
Adrian Noble | |
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| Born | 19 July 1950 Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Known for | Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director and chief executive |
Adrian Keith Noble (born 19 July 1950)[1] is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003.[2][3]
Education and career
Noble was born in
During his career, he received over 20
After this time away, Noble returned to the RSC in March 1991, this time as artistic director. In 1993, he won the Globe Award for Best Director for The Winter's Tale. His production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994) was popular enough to be revived two years later, and Noble also turned it into a film adaptation in 1996. He resigned from the RSC in 2002, stating that "it is now time for me to seek new artistic challenges".[6]
He has also directed several successful London
Personal life
Noble is married to actress and playwright Joanne Pearce. They have two children, Jude and Rose, the latter of whom works as a film and television producer.[citation needed]
Theatre (selected productions)
- The Duchess of Malfi (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1980)
- A Doll's House (1980)
- King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), 1982)
- The Pit, London, 1983)
- A New Way to Pay Old Debts (The Pit, London, 1984)
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1984)
- Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1984)
- Henry V (RSC, 1984)
- The Desert Air (RSC, 1984)
- As You Like It (RSC, 1985)
- The Art of Success (RSC, 1986; Manhattan Theatre Club, 1989)[11]
- Old Vic, London, 1987)
- Three Sisters (Gate Theatre, 1990)
- The Thebans (Swan Theatre (Stratford)
- The Winter's Tale (RSC, 1993)
- Macbeth (RSC, 1988, and 1993)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC, 1995)
- Romeo and Juliet (RSC, 1995)
- Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Aix-en-Provence, 2000)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Palladium, London, 2002-2005)
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre (RSC, 2002)
- Brand (London tour, 2003)
- Kean (London, 2007)
- Macbeth (Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2008)
- Alcina (Vienna State Opera, 2010)
- The Captain of Köpenick (Royal National Theatre, London, 2013)
- Don Carlo (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 2013)[12]
- Otello (Vienna State Opera, 2019)[13]
Images
Publications
- Noble, Adrian (November 2009). How to Do Shakespeare. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-54926-4.
References
- IMDB.comwebsite. Retrieved on 27 January 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3
- ^ The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Supplementary Material[permanent dead link]
- TheGuardian.com.
- ^ [s.n.] (12 March 1982). The Housekeeper, Apollo Theatre. Catholic Herald. Accessed August 2013.
- ^ "Adrian Noble to stand down as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Royal Shakespeare Company" Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 24 April 2002: Royal Shakespeare Company website. Retrieved on 27 January 2008.
- MSN Encarta website. Retrieved on 27 January 2008. Archived31 October 2009.
- ^ "Antony Sher to star in Sartre's Kean", 2007: The Stage website. Retrieved on 27 January 2008.
- ^ "Staatsoper - Startseite Content [en]". Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "AFP: Handel's 'Alcina' storms Vienna State Opera". www.google.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Adrian Noble" Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ^ "Repertoire". www.bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Première of Giuseppe Verdi´s Otello, 14.06.2019".
External links
- Adrian Noble at IMDb
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