Clare Venables
Clare Rosamund Venables (17 March 1943 – 17 October 2003) was an English
Early life
She was born in
She was educated at
Career
Clare Venables started her career as director at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln in 1968, taking over as artistic director in 1970, with Howard Lloyd-Lewis as her assistant. They both moved on to the Manchester Library Theatre in 1973.[2]
From 1977 to 1980, she was artistic director at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, London, a high-profile role where she followed Joan Littlewood in the role.[4]
From 1981 to 1992, she was artistic director at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield,[4] where she had a role in the early careers of Tim Albery, Stephen Daldry and Steven Pimlott.
She was active in the administration of the dramatic arts as a founding director of the Actors' Centre and as a member of the
She was appointed Director of Education at the
She contributed articles to Theatre Quarterly (1980),
Personal life
On 27 May 1971 she married the actor Robert Whelan; they separated in 1982. Their son, Joe, was born on 6 October 1978.[3]
She died of breast cancer aged 60.
References
- ^ a b c d Obituary: Clare Venables,The Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2003.
- ^ a b c d Obituary: Clare Venables, The Guardian, 20 October 2003.
- ^ a b c "Clare Venables Biography (1943-)".
- ^ a b c Obituary: Clare Venables, The Independent, 27 October 2003.
- ^ RSC’s Cardboard Pericles Takes Refuge at Elephant Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, WhatsOnStage, 10 July 2003.
Further reading
- Kate Dorney, Venables, Clare Rosamund (1943–2003), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, first published January 2007. (Subscription required.)
- ISBN 978-3-7186-5872-5. (Includes an interview with Clare Venables.)