Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner (born 7 May 1956) is an English theatre director, film director, and film producer. He was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include Miss Saigon, The History Boys
The History Boys and One Man, Two Guvnors.

Contents

1 Early life and education 2 Career

2.1 Early career 2.2 Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon and the 1990s 2.3 Director of the National Theatre 2.4 Opera and film

3 Appointments and honours 4 Personal life 5 Work

5.1 Theatre productions 5.2 Opera productions

6 Films

6.1 As director

7 References 8 External links

Early life and education[edit] Hytner was born in the prosperous suburbs of south Manchester
Manchester in 1956,[4] to barrister Benet Hytner
Benet Hytner and his wife, Joyce.[5] He is the eldest child of four,[4] and has described his upbringing as being in "a typical Jewish, cultured family".[4] He attended Manchester
Manchester Grammar School[2][5][6] and went to University at Trinity Hall, Cambridge,[2] where he studied English.[6] He did some acting whilst at University, including co-scripting and performing in a televised production of the 1977 Cambridge Footlights Revue.[5] However, Hytner did not consider acting his strong point. "I think I was savvy enough when I went to Cambridge to discover I was a poor actor," he said later.[5] He also did some directing, including a production of Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.[3] Career[edit] Early career[edit] After leaving Cambridge, Hytner's first "proper paid job" was as assistant to Colin Graham at English National Opera.[7] Some of his earliest professional directing work was in opera, including at Kent Opera, Wexford Festival Opera
Wexford Festival Opera and a production of Rienzi
Rienzi at English National Opera. His first theatre productions were at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter.[6][8] He then directed a series of productions at the Leeds Playhouse, including The Ruling Class by Peter Barnes, an adaptation of Tom Jones and a musical version of Alice in Wonderland.[6][9] In 1985 he became an Associate Director of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester,[6] a position he retained until 1989.[2] Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon and the 1990s[edit] Hytner was hired by producer Cameron Mackintosh
Cameron Mackintosh to direct Miss Saigon, the next work from Les Misérables creators Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. "I had seen several of Nick's opera productions – Handel's 'Xerxes' and Mozart's 'Magic Flute' – as well as some of his classical plays, and he has a marvellously visual point of view," Mackintosh said.[10] For Hytner, "It just felt like a huge lark... It was gigantic, and I was into gigantic at the time, so I threw everything I knew at it. It was big, honest, moving, brash, kind of crazy. I had no idea that it would take off."[4] Hytner's London production of Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon opened on 20 September 1989, and closed on 30 October 1999 after just over ten years, on its 4,274th performance, having grossed more than £150 million in ticket sales during its London run.[11] Hytner also directed the New York production, where the show recouped its $10.9m investment in 39 weeks.[7] The show, at New York's Broadway Theatre, opened on 11 April 1991 and closed on 28 January 2001 after 4,092 performances.[12] Hytner was on a percentage for both London and New York productions, allowing him (then aged 34) to never need worry about money again.[7] "It was a huge– a massive stroke of fortune," he said in 2010. "It meant that thereafter I only needed to do what I wanted to do."[4] What Hytner did was to continue directing theatre and opera, including several productions at London's National Theatre (where he had first directed in 1989 with Ghetto). In 1990, he was appointed an Associate Director of the National by its then-Director Richard Eyre. One of the plays he directed was Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III. When a film adaptation was commissioned, Bennett insisted Hytner should direct it, and the retitled The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George became Hytner's film debut.[13] In 1994, Eyre announced he would be leaving the National Theatre in three years' time.[14] "[It] made me begin to think about the vision that is needed in such a position and the fact that this needs refreshing under every directorate. I very much felt that you had to have a big idea in order to put yourself forward for such a role and as I didn't have this kind of idea at that time, I decided not to apply," Hytner said later.[14] He continued as an Associate Director at the National until 1997, when the new Director, Trevor Nunn, took up his post. Hytner directed more films: 1996's The Crucible with Daniel Day-Lewis, and then 1998's The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection and 2000's Center Stage (which, unlike his previous films, were not adapted from stage plays). He also spent 15 months developing a film of the musical Chicago, to star Madonna, but the project foundered and was later made with a different director and cast.[15] Director of the National Theatre[edit] When Trevor Nunn announced that he would be leaving the National Theatre, Hytner "really felt that this time I had a strong sense of what the NT should be doing under a new Director. I had a long conversation with Christopher Hogg, then Chairman of the NT Board, and Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard about my ideas for the NT's future. These included a redefinition of how it might be possible to use the theatre spaces and opening up the NT to new audiences by lowering prices for some performances."[14] Hytner was successful in his application for the post, and his appointment as Director was announced in September 2001.[16] He took over from Nunn in April 2003.[17] Hytner's role as Director of the National involves decisions about what plays are staged. "Essentially what I do is produce 20 shows a year here," he stated in one interview.[5] "To produce as opposed to direct, as I generate the ideas, generate the repertoire. What I do is put together the team that are going to stage the repertoire together then stand back and come in at a later stage to see how it's all going."[5] (Hytner does also direct plays himself at the National, and all his theatre work since 2003 has originated there.) But his role is also about the overall direction of the National Theatre as an organisation. "It would be wrong to say that I confine myself only to the repertoire – I don't. I think how we allocate our resources, exactly what we spend money on, is always an artistic decision. I think the amount of attention we give to what goes on in the foyers, what goes on outside, how the building looks at night, the amount of attention we give to our education work and our website are all artistic matters. They all stem from a sense of the artistic direction of the organization."[18] Under Hytner's directorship, the National has innovated with Sunday openings,[19] live cinema broadcasts of NT plays around the world, National Theatre Live,[19] and with its reduced price ticket seasons. These seasons, sponsored by Travelex, have offered large numbers of reduced price seats (for £10 when the scheme was introduced in 2003,[2] with prices rising to £12 from 2011).[19] The reduced price seasons were credited with achieving high usage for the Olivier auditorium – between 90% and 100% full during the summer months compared to a historic average of 65%, with no loss in overall income,[2] and with encouraging a younger and more diverse audience.[2] In 2003 it was reported that one third of the audience for the multiracial production of Henry V in modern dress (directed by Hytner) had never been to the theatre before,[2] and that a large section of the audience for the drama Elmina's Kitchen were black east Londoners new to the National.[2] Hytner has said that this diversity is a consequence of the theatre's direction rather than the motivation for it. "I think our repertoire is more diverse than it's ever been," he said, "and I think that reflects a more diverse society and a more diverse audience. The aim, though, was not to go out and find a diverse audience but for the repertoire to reflect a greater diversity in our culture."[18] He has also said: "The rep[ertoire] should reflect the world we're part of, and it should put the society in which we live in the context of the past and, as far as we can, of the wider world."[18] Hytner's latest innovation is NT Future, a £70 million scheme (of which £59 million had been raised at October 2012)[19] to open up the National's building and to contribute to the regeneration of the South Bank, to transform facilities for education and participation, and to keep ahead of new technologies and the changing needs of theatre artists and audiences.[19] Hytner stated as early as 2010 that he did not wish to stay as head of the National indefinitely, saying, "I've been here seven years. My predecessors have averaged 12. It's important that someone else comes in and shakes it up again so I won't be here in 10 years, that's for sure."[5] In April 2013, he announced that he would step down as Director of the National Theatre at the end of March 2015.[20][21] In his role as Director of National Theatre, he appeared on the Cultural Exchange as part of the Radio Four
Radio Four programme Front Row, where he chose The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
Mozart as his work of art. Opera and film[edit] Hytner has worked extensively in opera, with many of his productions achieving critical acclaim and commercial success – his English National Opera staging of The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute was in repertory for 25 years.[22] But Hytner has described himself (to an opera-related audience) as "someone who is unimpressed by his own work on the operatic stage".[23] Similarly, most of Hytner's films have achieved critical and commercial success, with The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George winning BAFTA and Evening Standard awards for best British film, but he still sees himself as primarily a theatre practitioner. "I think I'm a theatre director who does other stuff," he has said. "I can't see myself as a film-maker. I love doing opera when ever I've done it, but I always see myself as visiting from the theatre, which is where I belong. The real film-maker thinks with a camera, which is something I just can't do."[5] Appointments and honours[edit] Hytner is on the Board of Trustees of the Royal Opera House.[24] He is a patron of many organisations including London International Festival of Theatre,[25] HighTide Festival Theatre,[26] the Shakespeare Schools Festival,[27] Dance UK,[28] Action for Children's Arts,[29] Pan Intercultural Arts[30] and Prisoners' Penfriends.[31] He was elected an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 2005,[32] and was Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University in 2000–01.[2] Hytner was knighted in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to drama.[33] In Spring 2014, the Royal Northern College of Music announced it was to confer Honorary Membership of the College upon Hytner. Personal life[edit] Hytner is gay.[4] Although brought up in a Jewish household, Hytner said in 2010, "I'm not a believer, but I do think it is a significant part of my adventure and it fascinates me. I couldn't say I'm a member of the Jewish community or gay community in that I don't seek out either of those communities to hang out with, but it is an important part of who I believe myself to [be]."[5] Hytner's mother, Joyce Hytner OBE, is a theatrical fundraiser, who has served on the board of many organisations including The Old Vic, the Criterion Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre and Historic Royal Palaces.[4][34][35] Work[edit] Theatre productions[edit]

Plays directed by Nicholas Hytner

Play Author Theatre Opening date Closing date Notes

Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn Northcott Theatre, Exeter 000000001982-09-24-000024 September 1982

[8]

Jumpers Tom Stoppard Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001984-03-01-00001 March 1984 000000001984-04-07-00007 April 1984 [36]

The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy, revised by Beverley Cross Chichester Festival Theatre 000000001985-01-01-00001985

[37]

As You Like It William Shakespeare Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001986-01-09-00009 January 1986 000000001986-02-15-000015 February 1986 [36]

Mumbo Jumbo Robin Glendinning Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001986-05-08-00008 May 1986 000000001986-05-31-000031 May 1986 World premiere.[36]

Edward II Christopher Marlowe Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001986-10-23-000023 October 1986 000000001986-11-22-000022 November 1986 [36]

The Country Wife William Wycherley Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001986-12-18-000018 December 1986 000000001987-01-24-000024 January 1987 [36]

Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller, translated by James Maxwell Royal Exchange, Manchester 000000001987-09-10-000010 September 1987 000000001987-10-10-000010 October 1987 [36]

The Tempest William Shakespeare Royal Shakespeare Theatre 000000001988-07-27-000027 July 1988

A Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company production.[38]

Measure for Measure William Shakespeare Barbican Theatre 000000001988-10-10-000010 October 1988

A Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company production.[39]

Ghetto Joshua Sobol National Theatre 000000001989-04-27-000027 April 1989 000000001989-11-09-00009 November 1989 Winner of the 1989 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director (for both Ghetto and Miss Saigon).[40]

Volpone Ben Jonson Almeida Theatre 000000001990-01-01-00001990

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett National Theatre 000000001990-12-12-000012 December 1990 000000001991-06-01-00001 June 1991 [40]

Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. Drury Lane 000000001989-09-20-000020 September 1989 000000001999-10-30-000030 October 1999 Also at The Broadway Theatre
The Broadway Theatre in New York from March 1991 to January 2001.Winner of the 1989 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director (for both Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon and Ghetto).[10][12]

King Lear William Shakespeare Barbican Theatre 000000001991-05-01-00001 May 1991

A Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company production.[41]

The Madness of George III Alan Bennett National Theatre 000000001991-11-28-000028 November 1991 000000001992-10-24-000024 October 1992 [40]

The Recruiting Officer George Farquhar National Theatre 000000001992-03-12-000012 March 1992

[40]

Carousel Rodgers and Hammerstein National Theatre: Lyttleton Theatre

000000001992-12-10-000010 December 1992

Also at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York from February 1994 to January 1995. Won 1993 Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical, 1994 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical.[40][42]

The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Aldwych Theatre 000000001993-01-01-00001993

The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin McDonagh National Theatre 000000001997-01-07-00007 January 1997

[40]

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York 000000001998-07-16-000016 July 1998 000000001998-08-30-000030 August 1998 A performance of this production was broadcast live on PBS's "Live from Lincoln Center".[43][44]

The Lady in the Van Alan Bennett Queen's Theatre 000000001999-01-01-00001999

Orpheus Descending Tennessee Williams Donmar Warehouse 000000002000-01-01-00002000

Cressida Nicholas Wright Albery Theatre 000000002000-01-01-00002000

The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare National Theatre 000000002001-05-23-000023 May 2001 000000002001-08-16-000016 August 2001 [40]

Mother Clap's Molly House Mark Ravenhill National Theatre 000000002001-09-04-00004 September 2001

[40]

Sweet Smell of Success Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Craig Carnelia, book by John Guare, based on the film Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway 000000002002-03-14-000014 March 2002 000000002002-06-15-000015 June 2002 [45]

Henry V William Shakespeare National Theatre 000000002003-05-13-000013 May 2003 000000002003-08-20-000020 August 2003 [40]

His Dark Materials Adapted by Nicholas Wright, based on the novels by Philip Pullman National Theatre: Olivier Theatre

000000002003-12-20-000020 December 2003

The books were adapted in two parts that were performed alternately.[40]

The History Boys Alan Bennett National Theatre: Lyttelton Theatre 000000002004-05-18-000018 May 2004 000000002005-04-26-000026 April 2005 Also at the National's Olivier Theatre from 5 December 2005, and at the Broadhurst Theatre
Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway from April to October 2006. Won 2005 Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director, 2006 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play.[40][46]

Stuff Happens David Hare National Theatre 000000002004-09-10-000010 September 2004 000000002004-11-06-00006 November 2004 [40]

Henry IV, Part 1 William Shakespeare National Theatre 000000002005-05-04-00004 May 2005 000000002005-08-31-000031 August 2005 [40]

Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare National Theatre 000000002005-05-04-00004 May 2005

[40]

Southwark Fair Samuel Adamson National Theatre 000000002006-02-16-000016 February 2006

[40]

The Alchemist Ben Jonson National Theatre 000000002006-09-14-000014 September 2006 000000002006-11-21-000021 November 2006 [40]

The Man of Mode George Etherege National Theatre 000000002007-02-06-00006 February 2007 000000002007-04-19-000019 April 2007 [40]

Rafta, Rafta... Ayub Khan-Din, based on All in Good Time by Bill Naughton National Theatre 000000002007-04-26-000026 April 2007 000000002007-11-10-000010 November 2007 [40]

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare National Theatre 000000002007-12-10-000010 December 2007 000000002008-03-29-000029 March 2008 [40]

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw National Theatre 000000002008-02-26-000026 February 2008 000000002008-07-03-00003 July 2008 [40]

England People Very Nice Richard Bean National Theatre 000000002009-02-11-000011 February 2009 000000002009-08-09-00009 August 2009

Phèdre Jean Racine National Theatre 000000002009-06-12-000012 June 2009 000000002009-08-27-000027 August 2009

The Habit of Art Alan Bennett National Theatre 000000002009-11-17-000017 November 2009 000000002010-05-19-000019 May 2010

London Assurance Dion Boucicault National Theatre 000000002010-03-10-000010 March 2010 000000002010-06-29-000029 June 2010

Hamlet William Shakespeare National Theatre: Olivier Theatre

000000002010-09-30-000030 September 2010 000000002011-01-26-000026 January 2011

One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean National Theatre: Lyttleton Theatre

000000002011-05-24-000024 May 2011 000000002011-09-19-000019 September 2011 Also at the Music Box Theatre
Music Box Theatre on Broadway from April to September 2012.[47]

Collaborators John Hodge National Theatre: Cottesloe Theatre 000000002011-11-01-00001 November 2011 000000002012-03-31-000031 March 2012 Also at the National's Olivier Theatre from 2 May to 23 June 2012.

Travelling Light Nicholas Wright National Theatre 000000002012-01-01-0000January 2012

Timon of Athens William Shakespeare National Theatre: Olivier Theatre

000000002012-07-17-000017 July 2012 000000002012-11-01-00001 November 2012

Othello William Shakespeare National Theatre: Olivier Theatre

000000002013-04-23-000023 April 2013 000000002013-10-05-00005 October 2013

Great Britain Richard Bean National Theatre: Lyttleton Theatre

000000002014-06-30-000030 June 2014 000000002014-08-23-000023 August 2014 Transferred to the Theatre Royal Haymarket

The Hard Problem Tom Stoppard National Theatre: Dorfman

000000002015-01-28-000028 January 2015 000000002015-05-28-000028 May 2015 Last play as Royal National Theatre's Artistic director[48]

Young Marx Richard Bean and Clive Coleman Bridge Theatre 18 October 2017 31 December 2017 Opening production at the Bridge Theatre

Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Bridge Theatre 20 January 2018 15 April 2018

Opera productions[edit]

Opera produced by Nicholas Hytner

House Opera Composer First production Notes

Kent Opera The Turn of the Screw Benjamin Britten 000000001979-01-01-00001979 [49]

Kent Opera The Marriage of Figaro Mozart 000000001981-01-01-00001981 [49][50]

Wexford Festival Opera Sakùntala Franco Alfano 000000001982-01-01-00001982 [51]

Kent Opera King Priam Michael Tippett 000000001983-01-01-00001983 [1][49][50]

English National Opera Rienzi Wagner 000000001983-01-01-00001983 [1][6][49][50]

English National Opera Xerxes Handel 000000001985-01-01-00001985 [1][49][50]

Paris Opéra Giulio Cesare Handel 000000001987-01-01-00001987 [1][6][50]

Royal Opera Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (The King Goes Forth To France) Aulis Sallinen 000000001987-01-01-00001987 [6][49][50]

Royal Opera The Knot Garden Michael Tippett 000000001988-01-01-00001988 [6][49][50]

English National Opera The Magic Flute Mozart 000000001988-01-01-00001988 [1][6][49]

Grand Théâtre de Genève Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart 000000001989-01-01-00001989 [1][50]

Glyndebourne La clemenza di Tito Mozart 000000001991-01-01-00001991 [1][49][50]

English National Opera The Force of Destiny Verdi 000000001992-01-01-00001992 [1][6][49][50]

Bavarian State Opera, Munich Don Giovanni Mozart 000000001994-01-01-00001994 [50][52]

Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris The Cunning Little Vixen Janáček 000000001995-01-01-00001995 [50]

English National Opera Xerxes Handel 000000002002-01-01-00002002 [1]

Glyndebourne Così fan tutte Mozart 000000002006-01-01-00002006 [49][53]

Royal Opera Don Carlo Verdi 000000002008-01-01-00002008 [54]

Metropolitan Opera Don Carlo Verdi 000000002010-01-01-00002010 [54]

Films[edit] As director[edit]

Year Title Notes

1994 The Madness of King George BAFTA Award for Best British Film – Alexander Korda, Award for Best British Film Evening Standard British Film Awards – Best Film Nominated – Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Direction

1996 The Crucible Nominated – Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear

1998 The Object of My Affection Nominated – GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release

2000 Center Stage

2006 The History Boys Nominated – GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release

2015 The Lady in the Van

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Nicholas Hytner at the Internet Broadway Database
Internet Broadway Database Nicholas Hytner on IMDb Nicholas Hytner at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

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Tommy Tune (1982) Trevor Nunn (1983) Michael Blakemore (1984) John Malkovich
John Malkovich (1985) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1986) Howard Davies (1987) John Dexter (1988) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1989) Frank Galati (1990) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1991) Patrick Mason (1992) George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe (1993) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (1994) Gerald Gutierrez (1995) Gerald Gutierrez (1996) Trevor Nunn (1999) Michael Blakemore (2000) Jack O'Brien (2001) Mary Zimmerman
Mary Zimmerman (2002) Robert Falls (2003) Jack O'Brien (2004) Doug Hughes (2005) Nicholas Hytner (2006) Jack O'Brien (2007) Anna D. Shapiro (2008) Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus (2009) Michael Grandage (2010) Joel Grey
Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe (2011) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (2012) Pam MacKinnon (2013) Tim Carroll (2014) Marianne Elliott (2015) Ivo van Hove
Ivo van Hove (2016) Ruben Santiago-Hudson
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

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Tommy Tune (1978) Harold Prince (1979) Harold Prince (1980) Wilford Leach (1981) Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (1982) George Abbott
George Abbott (1983) James Lapine
James Lapine (1984) Wilford Leach (1986) Mike Ockrent
Mike Ockrent (1987) Harold Prince (1988) Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (1990) Scott Ellis (1991) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1992) Des McAnuff (1993) Nicholas Hytner (1994) Harold Prince (1995) Christopher Renshaw (1996) Walter Bobbie (1997) Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (1998) Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne (1999) Michael Blakemore (2000) Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman (2001) Michael Mayer (2002) Jack O'Brien (2003) Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello (2004) James Lapine
James Lapine (2005) John Doyle (2006) Michael Mayer (2007) Bartlett Sher (2008) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (2009) Michael Mayer (2010) Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
Trey Parker (2011) John Tiffany (2012) Diane Paulus (2013) Darko Tresnjak (2014) Thomas Kail (2015) John Doyle / Bartlett Sher (2016) Rachel Chavkin / David Cromer
David Cromer (2017)

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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director

Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Miller (1976) Clifford Williams (1977) Terry Hands (1978) Michael Bogdanov (1979) Trevor Nunn / John Caird (1980) Peter Wood (1981) Richard Eyre (1982) Terry Hands (1983) Christopher Morahan
Christopher Morahan (1984) Bill Bryden (1985) Bill Alexander (1986) Declan Donnellan (1987) Deborah Warner
Deborah Warner (1988) Michael Bogdanov (1989/1990) Richard Jones (1991, musical) David Thacker (1991, play) Simon Callow
Simon Callow (1992, musical) Deborah Warner
Deborah Warner (1992, play) Nicholas Hytner (1993, musical) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (1993, play) Declan Donnellan (1994, musical) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (1994, play) Scott Ellis (1995, musical) Declan Donnellan (1995, play) Trevor Nunn (1995) Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes (1996) Des McAnuff (1997) Richard Eyre (1998) Howard Davies (1999) Trevor Nunn (2000) Howard Davies (2001) Michael Boyd (2002) Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes (2003) Michael Grandage (2004) Nicholas Hytner (2005) Richard Eyre (2006) Dominic Cooke (2007) Rupert Goold (2008) John Tiffany (2009) Rupert Goold (2010) Howard Davies (2011) Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus (2012) Marianne Elliott (2013) Lyndsey Turner (2014) Ivo van Hove
Ivo van Hove (2015) Robert Icke (2016) John Tiffany (2017) Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes (2018)

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

1950s

Joshua Logan (1950) George S. Kaufman
George S. Kaufman (1951) Moss Hart
Moss Hart (1957)

1960s

George Abbott
George Abbott (1960) Gower Champion
Gower Champion (1961) Abe Burrows
Abe Burrows (1962) George Abbott
George Abbott (1963) Gower Champion
Gower Champion (1964) Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (1965) Albert Marre (1966) Harold Prince (1967) Gower Champion
Gower Champion (1968) Peter H. Hunt (1969)

1970s

Ron Field (1970) Harold Prince (1971) Harold Prince and Michael Bennett (1972) Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse (1973) Harold Prince (1974) Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder (1975) Michael Bennett (1976) Gene Saks (1977) Richard Maltby Jr. (1978) Harold Prince (1979)

1980s

Harold Prince (1980) Wilford Leach (1981) Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (1982) Trevor Nunn (1983) Arthur Laurents
Arthur Laurents (1984) Des McAnuff (1985) Wilford Leach (1986) Trevor Nunn and John Caird (1987) Harold Prince (1988) Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (1989)

1990s

Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (1990) Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune (1991) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1992) Des McAnuff (1993) Nicholas Hytner (1994) Harold Prince (1995) George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe (1996) Walter Bobbie (1997) Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (1998) Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne (1999)

2000s

Michael Blakemore (2000) Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman (2001) John Rando (2002) Jack O'Brien (2003) Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello (2004) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (2005) John Doyle (2006) Michael Mayer (2007) Bartlett Sher (2008) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (2009)

2010s

Terry Johnson (2010) Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker
Trey Parker (2011) John Tiffany (2012) Diane Paulus (2013) Darko Tresnjak (2014) Sam Gold (2015) Thomas Kail (2016) Christopher Ashley (2017)

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

1940s

Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (1947) Joshua Logan (1948) Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (1949)

1950s

José Ferrer
José Ferrer (1952) Joshua Logan (1953) Alfred Lunt
Alfred Lunt (1954) Robert Montgomery (1955) Tyrone Guthrie (1956) Vincent J. Donehue (1958) Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan (1959)

1960s

Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn (1960) John Gielgud
John Gielgud (1961) Noel Willman
Noel Willman (1962) Alan Schneider (1963) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1964) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1965) Peter Brook
Peter Brook (1966) Peter Hall (1967) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1968) Peter Dews (1969)

1970s

Joseph Hardy (1970) Peter Brook
Peter Brook (1971) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1972) A. J. Antoon (1973) José Quintero
José Quintero (1974) John Dexter (1975) Ellis Rabb (1976) Gordon Davidson (1977) Melvin Bernhardt (1978) Jack Hofsiss (1979)

1980s

Vivian Matalon (1980) Peter Hall (1981) Trevor Nunn and John Caird (1982) Gene Saks (1983) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (1984) Gene Saks (1985) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1986) Lloyd Richards (1987) John Dexter (1988) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1989)

1990s

Frank Galati (1990) Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (1991) Patrick Mason (1992) George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe (1993) Stephen Daldry
Stephen Daldry (1994) Gerald Gutierrez (1995) Gerald Gutierrez (1996) Anthony Page (1997) Garry Hynes (1998) Robert Falls (1999)

2000s

Michael Blakemore (2000) Daniel J. Sullivan (2001) Mary Zimmerman
Mary Zimmerman (2002) Joe Mantello
Joe Mantello (2003) Jack O'Brien (2004) Doug Hughes (2005) Nicholas Hytner (2006) Jack O'Brien (2007) Anna D. Shapiro (2008) Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus (2009)

2010s

Michael Grandage (2010) Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris (2011) Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (2012) Pam MacKinnon (2013) Kenny Leon
Kenny Leon (2014) Marianne Elliott (2015) Ivo van Hove
Ivo van Hove (2016) Rebecca Taichman (2017)

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Society of London Theatre Special
Special Award

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier (1979) Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson (1980) Charles Wintour (1982) Joan Littlewood
Joan Littlewood (1983) John Gielgud
John Gielgud (1985) Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness (1988) Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft (1991) Ninette de Valois
Ninette de Valois (1992) Kenneth MacMillan (1993) Sam Wanamaker
Sam Wanamaker (1994) Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter (1996) Margaret Harris (1997) Ed Mirvish
Ed Mirvish / David Mirvish (1998) Peter Hall (1999) Rupert Rhymes (2002) Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes (2003) Judi Dench
Judi Dench (2004) Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (2005) Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen (2006) John Tomlinson (2007) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber (2008) Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn (2009) Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith (2010) Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim (2011) Monica Mason
Monica Mason / Tim Rice
Tim Rice (2012) Michael Frayn / Gillian Lynne
Gillian Lynne (2013) Nicholas Hytner & Nick Starr / Michael White (2014) Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem / Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey (2015) Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh (2017)

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Artistic Directors of the Royal National Theatre

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier (1963) Peter Hall (1973) Richard Eyre (1988) Trevor Nunn (1997) Nicholas Hytner (2003) Rufus Norris (2015)

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Films directed by Nicholas Hytner

The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George (1994) The Crucible (1996) The Object of My Affection
The Object of My Affection (1998) Center Stage (2000) The History Boys
The History Boys (2006) The Lady in the Van (2015)

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