Terry Hands
Terry Hands | |
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 Hands in 1972 | |
| Born | Terence David Hands 9 January 1941 |
| Died | 4 February 2020 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Theatre director |
| Spouse(s) | Dame Josephine Barstow (1964–1967; divorced) Ludmila Mikaël (1974–1980; divorced) Julia Lintott Emma Lucia (2002–2020) |
| Children | 3 |
Terence David Hands
Early years
Hands was born at
T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral".[6]
Career
Hands was recruited by Peter Hall to the Royal Shakespeare Company two years later in 1966 to run the company's touring group
A Winter’s Tale with Jeremy Irons, Othello with Sir Ben Kingsley and David Suchet and the award-winning musical Poppy
.
He was the first foreign director invited to direct at the
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
, and was appointed as a consultant director.
In 1997 Hands became Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd (afterwards renamed Clwyd Theatr Cymru),[7][5] which presents much of its work on tour in Wales and the rest of the UK, saving the theatre from closure.
He was appointed
CBE
in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. In October 2001 he resigned from his position as an advisory director of the RSC.
In 2015 Hands left his post as Artistic Director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru after seventeen years in the post, having turned the theatre into the most successful in Wales and leaving a legacy of a Welsh company of associate artists.[7]
His international directing credits include productions in Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, London, New York, Oslo, Paris, Tokyo, Vienna and Zurich. From 1975 to 1980 he was consultant-director of the
Personal life and death
Hands was married to soprano Dame
chain smoker with an unhealthy diet, he once remarked "'I'm not a particularly good cook, but I’m quick" ... adding that he lived on a diet of meat. 'I virtually never eat vegetables, and I never eat a salad, ever.'"[8]
Hands died after a short illness, aged 79, on 4 February 2020.[9][8]
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1978: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director – Henry VI
- 1983: Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best Classical Director – Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1983: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director – Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1993: Tamburlaine The Great'
- 1993: Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director – Tamburlaine The Great
- Nominations
- 1985: Tony Award for Best Director of a Play – Much Ado About Nothing
- 1985: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design – Much Ado About Nothing
- 1985: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design – Cyrano De Bergerac[10]
Stage productions
- Theatregoround – Touring RSC
- 1966: The Second Shepherd's Play
- 1966: The Proposal, Anton Chekhov
- 1967: The Criminals, José Triana
- 1967: The Dumb Waiter, Harold Pinter
- 1967–1968: Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas
- RSC (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Aldwych Theatre)
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- RSC at the Barbican Theatres and Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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- Chichester Festival
- 1995: Hadrian VII, Chichester Festival Theatre
- 1995: The Visit, Chichester Festival Theatre
- Clwyd Theatr Cymru
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References
- ^ Wiegand, Chris (4 February 2020). "Theatre director Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies aged 79". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c "Terry Hands, award-winning theatre director who proved to be the wrong man to lead the RSC – obituary". The Telegraph. 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Review of In Memory from the theatre dance and drama in Wales web site". www.theatre-wales.co.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Green, Michael (26 January 2015). "Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru to stage Hamlet as artistic director's swan song". chesterchronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Georgia Snow (4 February 2020). "Former RSC artistic director Terry Hands dies". The Stage.
- ^ a b Billington, Michael (4 February 2020). "Terry Hands left our theatre infinitely richer than he found it". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g Coveney, Michael (4 February 2020). "Terry Hands obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Terry Hands obituary". 7 September 2023 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (4 February 2020). "Terry Hands obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Terry Hands". Playbillvault. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
Further reading
- Trowbridge, Simon: The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oxford: Editions Albert Creed (2010); ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3
External links
- Terry Hands at the Internet Broadway Database
- Terry Hands at IMDb
- Hands' profile, filmreference.com; accessed 4 February 2020.
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