Howard Davies (director)

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Howard Davies
Born26 April 1945
Reading, England
Died25 October 2016(2016-10-25) (aged 71)
Alma mater
Bristol University
OccupationTheatre director
Spouses
Susan Wall
​
(divorced)​
Children2

Stephen Howard Davies,

CBE
(26 April 1945 – 25 October 2016) was a British theatre and television director.

Early life

Davies was the son of miner and glassblower Thomas Emrys Davies, from Maesteg, and Hilda Bevan. He was born in Reading, England.

Bristol University, where he developed an appreciation for the works of Bertolt Brecht.[4][5]

Career

In the early 1970s, Davies worked extensively with the

Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard which opened in May 2011 and was broadcast on 30 June 2011 as part of National Theatre Live. At the Almeida Theatre he directed Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Play About the Baby, whilst at the Hampstead Theatre he directed the 2012 premiere of 55 Days
.

His opera credits include

Old Vic Theatre
.

Davies' work in West End theatre won him the

Evening Standard Award for Best Director for All My Sons and Flight.[9]

Davies made his Broadway debut with Piaf in 1981. His Broadway credits also include Les liaisons dangereuses, the 1990 revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the 1993 revival of My Fair Lady, Translations, the 1999 revival of The Iceman Cometh, the 2002 revival of Private Lives, and the 2007 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play thrice but did not win, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play three times, winning for Les liaisons dangereuses.

Davies' screen credits include the television films

Blue/Orange and the feature film The Secret Rapture
.

Davies was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours, for services to drama.[10]

Personal life and death

Davies was married to actress Clare Holman.[5] He was previously married to Susan Wall with whom he had two daughters, Hannah Davies, a journalist, and Kate Davies.[5]

Davies died of oesophageal cancer on 25 October 2016 at the age of 71.[11][5]

References

  1. ^ a b FilmReference.com
  2. ^ Hare, David (27 October 2016). "Howard Davies obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ "New Year Honours for Durham Alumni". Durham First (30): 26. 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  4. ISBN 0-415-08011-8
    , pp. 93–97
  5. ^ a b c d Gates, Anita (26 October 2016). "Howard Davies, Theatre Director in Britain and on Broadway, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b Howard Davies biography at PBS.com
  7. ^ Howard Davies at the London Theatre Database Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Howard Davies biography at Chichester Festival Theatre website Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Howard Davies at BritFilms.com Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "No. 59647". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2010. p. 7.
  11. ^ Director Howard Davies dies aged 71

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