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Howard Davies Biography (1945?-)

Born c. 1945 in Durham, England; father, a miner. Addresses: Manager:Parseghian/Planco, Management, 23 E. 22nd St., New York, NY 10010; Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Stage director

Birth Details

1945?

Durham, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• Narrow Road to the Deep North, Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol, England, c. 1972-1974
• Troilus and Cressida, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• Long Day's Journey into Night, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• Endgame, Early Morning, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich, Bristol Old Vic Company, c.1972-1974
• Woyzek, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• Afore Night Come, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• Spring Awakening, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
• The Beast, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Place, London, 1974
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Birmingham Repertory Company, Birmingham, England, 1974
• Struggles against the Iron Heel, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1974
• Man Is Man, Royal Shakespeare Company, Round House Theatre Downstairs, London, 1976
• The Iceman Cometh, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1976
• Schweyk in the Second World War, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976, then The Warehouse, London, 1977
• Bingo, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1976, then TheWarehouse, 1977
• The Days of the Commune, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1977
• Bandits, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1977
• The Bundle, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1977
• (With John Caird) The Adventures of Awful Knawful, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1978
• The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1978, then The Other Place, 1979
• Piaf, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1978, then The Warehouse, later Aldwych Theatre, both 1979
• The Innocent, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1979
• No Limits to Love, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1980
• Outskirts, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981
• The Fool, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981
• Piaf, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Good, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1984
• Mother Courage, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1984
• Soft Cons, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1984
• The Time of Your Life, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1984
• Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1985
• The Party, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
• Les liaisons dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1985, then The Pit, 1986, later Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1986
• Flight, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1986
• Les liaisons dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1987
• The Shaughraun, Olivier Theatre, London, 1988
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, National Theatre, London, 1988
• The Secret Rapture, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1988
• The Crucible, National Theatre, then Olivier Theatre, 1990
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1990
• My Fair Lady, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1993
• Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, 1993
• New England, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 1995
• Translations, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1995
• Chips with Everything, Lyttleton Theatre, 1997
• The Play about the Baby, Almeida Theatre, London, 1998
• The Iceman Cometh, Almeida Theatre, 1998, then Brooks Atkinson Theater, New York City, 1999
• Vassa, Aldbery Theatre, London, 1999
• Conversations after a Burial, Almeida Theatre, 2000
• Battle Royal, Royal National Theatre/Lyttelton, London, 2000
• All My Sons, Royal National Theatre, 2001
• Private Lives, Aldbery Theatre, 2001, then Richard Rodgers Theater, New York City, 2002
• The Breath of Life, Theater Royal, Haymarket, London, 2002
• Stage Assistant Director
• Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1974, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1975
• Major Tours
• Directed Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities.
• Television Work
• Specials
• Stage director, Piaf, E! Entertainment Television, 1982
• Director, Tales from Hollywood, PBS, 1992
• Television Director
• Movies
• Armadillo, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Copenhagen, PBS, 2002
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Himself, The John Thaw Story, 2002
• Film Director
• The Secret Rapture, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Times (London), July 28, 1977