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
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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
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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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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
John Dexter (1975)
Ellis Rabb (1976)
Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols /
Alan Schneider (1977)
Melvin Bernhardt (1978)
Jack Hofsiss (1979)
Vivian Matalon (1980)
Peter Hall (1981)
Tommy Tune

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
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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

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (2017)
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents (1975)
Michael Bennett (1976)
Martin Charnin (1977)
Peter Masterson and
Tommy Tune

Tommy Tune (1978)
Harold Prince (1979)
Harold Prince (1980)
Wilford Leach (1981)
Tommy Tune

Tommy Tune (1982)
George Abbott

George Abbott (1983)
James Lapine
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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
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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
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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
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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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WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 34652012
LCCN: n86098779
ISNI: 0000 0001 1618 165X
GND: 123743710
SUDOC: 082771863
BNF: cb13980892g (data)
BIBSYS: 98074197
ULAN: 500250575
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