Robert Kidd was a Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 theatre director. Kidd was married to Jenny Sieff.

Biography

Kidd collaborated several times with Christopher Hampton

Christopher Hampton

Christopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisons and also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of...

. In 1964 Kidd and Hampton began together at the Royal Court Theatre

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...

 with When Did You Last See Your Mother, which transferred to the Comedy Theatre. They later worked on Total Eclipse (1969), The Philanthropist

The Philanthropist (play)

The Philanthropist is a play by Christopher Hampton, written as a response to Molière's The Misanthrope. After a tryout at the Royal Court Theatre, London, the piece premiered on Broadway under the direction of Robert Kidd...

(1974), Savages (1974), and Treats

Treats

Treats is a 1975 play by Christopher Hampton about a love triangle.-Plot summary:The play is set in 1974, London, in a single room in Ann's flat. There are three characters: Ann, her former boyfriend Dave, and her lover Patrick....

(1975).

Kidd then directed David Storey

David Storey

David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....

¹s The Restoration of Arnold Middleton (1967). In 1968, one of his projects, Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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's The Picture of Dorian Grey with James Fox

James Fox

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, fell through. However, Jim Dine

Jim Dine

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, who was working on drawings for the poster, came up with his famous series Bathrobes. Kidd later left London

London

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 to become artistic director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre

Royal Lyceum Theatre

The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658 seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by architect C. J. Phipps at a cost of UK£17,000 on behalf...

, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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.

He was back at the Royal Court Theatre in 1975 for 2 years as joint artistic director of the English Stage Company and continued his association with Christopher Hampton and David Storey

David Storey

David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....

. He directed Storey's Mothers Day (1976). When he left the Royal Court, he had assignments at The National Theatre

Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...

  with Lost Worlds (1978) and at Greenwich

Greenwich

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. Middle-Age Spread

Middle-Age Spread

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, staged in 1979 at the Lyric Theatre, was still running when he died.