Ian Rickson
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Ian Rickson is a British theatre and film director. He was the Artistic Director at the Royal Court Theatre
in London from 1998 to 2006, and currently works freelance.
In 2009 he was made an Honorary Professor for Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent
's School of Arts.
He lives in London
and is married to Polly Teale
.
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
in London from 1998 to 2006, and currently works freelance.
In 2009 he was made an Honorary Professor for Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
's School of Arts.
He lives in London
London
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and is married to Polly Teale
Polly Teale
Polly Teale is a British writer and theatre director best known for her work with the Shared Experience theatre company, where she is joint artistic director alongside Nancy Meckler. Teale won the prize for best director at the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her staging of After Mrs...
.
Theatre
- HamletHamletThe Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
(2011/2012) by Shakespeare with Michael SheenMichael SheenMichael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
at the Young Vic - BetrayalBetrayal (play)Betrayal is a play written by Harold Pinter in 1978. Critically regarded as one of the English playwright's major dramatic works, it features his characteristically economical dialogue, characters' hidden emotions and veiled motivations, and their self-absorbed competitive one-upmanship,...
(2011) by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
at the Comedy Theatre; - The Children's HourThe Children's Hour (play)The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two...
(2011) by Lillian HellmanLillian HellmanLillian Florence "Lily" Hellman was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes...
at the Comedy Theatre; - JerusalemJerusalem (play)Jerusalem is a play by Jez Butterworth that opened at the downstairs theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009. The production starred Mark Rylance as Johnny 'Rooster' Byron and Mackenzie Crook as Ginger. After receiving rave reviews its run was extended. In January 2010 it transferred...
(2009) by Jez ButterworthJez ButterworthJeremy “Jez” Butterworth is an English dramatist and film director.-Life and career:Butterworth was born in London, England, and attended Verulam Comprehensive School, St Albans and St John's College, Cambridge...
at the Royal Court TheatreRoyal Court TheatreThe Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
; - Parlour Song (2009) by Jez ButterworthJez ButterworthJeremy “Jez” Butterworth is an English dramatist and film director.-Life and career:Butterworth was born in London, England, and attended Verulam Comprehensive School, St Albans and St John's College, Cambridge...
at the Almeida TheatreAlmeida TheatreThe Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival of...
; - Hedda GablerHedda GablerHedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
(2009) by Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
in an adaptation by Christopher Shinn on Broadway; - The SeagullThe SeagullThe Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
(2008) by Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
(Ian’s Royal Court production, below) on Broadway; - The HothouseThe HothouseThe Hothouse is a full-length tragicomedy written by Harold Pinter in the winter of 1958 between The Birthday Party and The Caretaker...
(2007) by Harold PinterHarold PinterHarold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
at the Royal National TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
;
As Artistic Director at the Royal Court Theatre
- THE SEAGULL (2007) by Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
in a new version by Christopher Hampton, with Kristin Scott ThomasKristin Scott ThomasKristin A. Scott Thomas, OBE is an English actress who has also acquired French nationality. She gained international recognition in the 1990s for her roles in Bitter Moon, Four Weddings and a Funeral and The English Patient....
; - KRAPP’S LAST TAPE (2006) by Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
, with Harold Pinter; - THE WINTERLING (2006) by Jez Butterworth;
- THE ALICE TRILOGY (2005) by Tom Murphy;
- THE SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL (2004) by Rebecca GilmanRebecca GilmanRebecca Gilman is an American playwright. She attended Middlebury College, graduated from Birmingham-Southern College, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa...
; - FALLOUT (2003) by Roy WilliamsRoy Williams (playwright)Roy Samuel Williams, OBE is an award-winning English playwright. Williams has many awards including the George Devine Award for Lift Off, the 2001 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright for his play Clubland, the 2002 BAFTA Award for Best Schools Drama for Offside and 2004 South Bank...
; - NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN (2002) by Caryl ChurchillCaryl ChurchillCaryl Churchill is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, the abuses of power, and sexual politics. She is acknowledged as a major playwright in the English language and a leading female writer...
; - THIS IS A CHAIR (2002) by Caryl Churchill (co-directed with Dominic Cooke);
- THE NIGHT HERON (2002) by Jez Butterworth;
- DUBLIN CAROL (2000) by Conor McPhersonConor McPhersonConor McPherson is an Irish playwright and director.-Life and career:McPherson was born in Dublin, . He was educated at University College Dublin, McPherson began writing his first plays there as a member of UCD Dramsoc, the college's dramatic society, and went on to found Fly By Night Theatre...
, world premiere at the newly opened Royal Court Theatre; - THE WEIR (1997-8) by Conor McPherson, world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs then transferred to the Duke of York’s in the West End in the Spring of 1998, then toured to Toronto and Dublin. Broadway Premiere 1999. Nominated for Best Director, Olivier Awards 1999.
- THE DAY I STOOD STILL (1997) by Kevin ElyotKevin ElyotKevin Elyot is a British playwright and screenwriter. His most notable works include the play My Night with Reg and the film Clapham Junction.-Sources:*-External links:...
, world premiere production, opened in December ’97 at the National Theatre ; - MOJO (1995) by Jez Butterworth at the Royal Court Theatre;
- MOJO - USA (1996) by Jez Butterworth, premiere for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago;
- MOJO - Revival (1996) by Jez Butterworth at The Duke of York’s, London.
- THE LIGHTS (1996) by Howard Korder at the Royal Court Theatre.
- PALE HORSE (1995) by Joe Penhall at the Royal Court Theatre
Film
- FALLOUT (2008) by Roy Williams, Company Pictures for Channel 4;
- KRAPP’S LAST TAPE (2006) by Samuel Beckett for BBC4
Other Productions
- THE DAY I STOOD STILL (1997/98) by Kevin ElyotKevin ElyotKevin Elyot is a British playwright and screenwriter. His most notable works include the play My Night with Reg and the film Clapham Junction.-Sources:*-External links:...
at Royal National TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company... - ASHES AND SAND (1994) by Judy Upton at the Royal Court Theatre;
- SOME VOICES (1994) by Joe Penhall at the Royal Court Theatre;
- LA SERVA PADRONA (1993), Broomhill;
- THE HOUSE OF YES (1993) by Wendy MacLeod at the Gate Theatre;
- KILLERS (1992) by Adam Pernak at the Royal Court Theatre;
- SAB (1992) by Michael Cook at the Royal Court Theatre and tour;
- ME AND MY FRIEND (1992) by Gillian Plowman at the Chichester Festival Theatre;
- WILDFIRE (1992) by Jonathan Harvey at the Royal Court Theatre and tour;
- QUEER FISH (1991) by Robin Hooper at the Battersea Arts Centre;
- FIRST STRIKE (1990) various writers, Soho Polytechnic College;
- WHO'S BREAKING (1990) by Philip Osment at the Battersea Arts Centre;
- RINTY (1990) by Martin Lynch at the Group Theatre, Belfast
External links
- Betrayal, "Comedy Theatre Review", The Telegraph, 17 June 2011
- Betrayal - Review, "Comedy Theatre London", The Guardian, 17 June 2011
- First Night: Betrayal, "Comedy Theatre London", The Independent', 17 June 2011