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Nicholas Hytner Biography (1956-)

Full name, Nicholas Robert Hytner; born May 7, 1956, in Manchester, England;son of Benet (a barrister) and Joyce Hytner. Addresses: Office: RoyalNational Theatre, London, England.; Agent: Anthony Jones, Peters Fraser &Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director

Birth Details

May 7, 1956

Manchester, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• King Priam, Kent Opera Theatre, Kent, England, 1983
• Rienzi, English National Opera Theatre, London, 1983
• Alice, Leeds Playhouse, London, 1984
• Xerxes, English National Opera Theatre, 1985
• As You Like It, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1985
• The Country Wife, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1986
• Edward II, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1986
• Don Carlos, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1987
• Guilio Cesare, Paris Opera Theatre, Paris, then Houston Grand Opera Theatre, Houston, TX, 1987
• Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1987
• The Magic Flute, English National Opera, Theatre at the Coliseum,London, 1988
• The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1988
• Ghetto, Royal National Theatre, London, 1989
• Le nozze de Figaro, Geneva Opera Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland, 1989
• Miss Saigon (musical), Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 1989, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1991
• King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1990
• Volpone, Almeida Theatre, London, 1990
• The Wind in the Willows, Royal National Theatre, 1990
• The Madness of George III, Royal National Theatre, 1991
• The Recruiting Officer, Royal National Theatre, 1992
• Carousel (musical), Royal National Theatre, 1992, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
• (With Maggie Smith) The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1993
• The Cripple of Inishmaan, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1997, then Public Theatre, New York City
• Twelfth Night, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1998
• (With Smith) The Lady in the Van, Queen's Theatre, London, 1999
• Orpheus Descending, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2000
• (With Michael Gambon) Cressida, Albery Theatre, London, 2000
• The Winter's Tale, Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, London, 2001
• Mother Clap's Molly House, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 2001
• The Sweet Smell of Success (musical), Shubert Theatre, Chicago, IL, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 2002
• Directed the operas Don Giovanni, Bavarian State Opera; The Force of Destiny, English National Opera; The King Goes Forth to France, Royal Opera Theatre; The Knot Garden, Royal Opera Theatre; TheMarriage of Figaro, Kent Opera Theatre; and The Turn of the Screw,Kent Opera Theatre; also directed Mumbo Jumbo, Royal Exchange Theatre.
• Film Director
• The Madness of King George, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994
• The Crucible, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• The Object of My Affection, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Chicago: The Musical, 1999
• Center Stage, Columbia, 2000
• Television Director
• Movies
• La clemenza di Tito (opera), BBC (England), 1991
• Twelfth Night, PBS, 1998
• Other
• King Priam, 1985
• Xerxes (opera), 1988
• The Cunning Little Vixen (documentary special), BBC (England), 1995
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Changing Stages, PBS, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Other
• (Adaptor of English-language version) Xerxes (television opera), 1988
• Author (with Simon Braund) of the book 20th Century Icons: Film, Absolute Press.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• Some of Hytner's staged opera presentations have been recorded on video.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Guardian, September 26, 2001
• New Statesman & Society, March 23, 1990
• Premiere, January, 1997, p. 28
• Variety, October 1, 2001, p. 120