Declan Donnellan

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Declan Michael Martin Donnellan

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to theatre.[3]

Biography

Donnellan[4] was born in Manchester and grew up in Ealing, London. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English and Law. After leaving Cambridge, he was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1978.

He founded Cheek by Jowl with Nick Ormerod in 1981.[5] Since 2006 the company has been part of the Barbican's International Theatre Program (BITE) resulting in co-productions of The Changeling (2006), Cymbeline (2007) and Troilus and Cressida (2008).[5][6][7] He has directed plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English National Opera, the Old Vic and the Bolshoi Ballet, among others.

For the

Maly Drama Theatre of Saint Petersburg.[9]

In 1989, Donnellan was made Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre in London where his productions have included Fuenteovejuna, The Mandate and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1993)[10] The cast of Sweeny Todd included Alun Armstrong, Adrian Lester and Julia McKenzie.[11] In 1993 Donnellan directed both parts of Angels in America, after having previously directed the play’s first part Millennium Approaches at the National’s Cottesloe Theatre in 1991. In 1993 the play’s second part, Perestroika, received its London debut at the National Theatre and was played in repertory with Millennium Approaches, starring Daniel Craig and Jason Isaacs.[12]

In 2000 he formed a company of actors in Moscow, under the auspices of The Chekhov Festival, whose productions include

Antigone by Sophocles, The Mandate by Nikolai Erdman and Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov. First published in Russian in 2001, Donnellan's book, The Actor and the Target, was published in English in 2002 (reprinted 2005), and has since appeared in 15 languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, German, Romanian and Mandarin.[13]

He directed the 1992 short

Robert Patinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney.[14]

Donnellan has won awards in London, Paris, New York and Moscow, including

Laurence Olivier Awards
for:

In February 2004 he was made a Chevalier de

Archbishop Desmond Tutu
.

In 2014, Donnellan directed the stage play of

Tis Pity She’s a Whore
. Eve Ponsonby played Annabella and Orlando James played her brother Giovanni in the 2014 revival. Suzanne Burden played Hippolita in 2011-2012, alongside Peter Moreton, who played the Cardinal and the Doctor.

In 2016, Donnellan won the Golden Lion of Venice for lifetime achievement in theatre at the Venice Biennale.[17]

Stage productions

Cheek by Jowl

Other

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ "Declan Donnellan biography". filmreference.com. 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  2. ^ Declan Donnellan Archived 16 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Cheek by Jowl
  3. ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B11.
  4. ^ Civil registration event: Birth
    Name: DONNELLAN, Michael D M
    Registration district: Manchester
    County: Lancashire
    Year of registration: 1953
    Quarter of registration: Jul–Aug–Sep
    Volume no: 10E
    Page no: 205
  5. ^ a b "As he likes it", profile of Donnellan by Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 4 February 2006
  6. ^ Cymbeline, review by Philip Fisher, British Theatre Guide, 2007
  7. ^ Review of Troilus and Cressida by Michael Billington, The Guardian, 29 May 2009
  8. ^ "Cheek by Jowl Website: Previous Productions". information. London: Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  9. ^ The Winter's Tale Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, production details, Maly Drama Theatre, Saint Petersburg
  10. ^ "National Theatre Website: Archive". information. London: National Theatre. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Theatricalia database". information. London: Theatricalia. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Theatricalia database". information. London: Theatricalia. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Declan Donnellan is a citizen of the world" by Emma-Kate Symons, The Australian, 31 December 2011 (subscription required)
  14. ^ Bel Ami review by Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 8 March 2012
  15. ^ Olivier Winners 1995 Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Society of London Theatre
  16. ^ a b "Cheek by Jowl Declan Donnellan". information. London: Cheek by Jowl. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Cheek by Jowl news". information. London: Cheek by Jowl. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

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