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Deborah Warner Biography (1959-)

Born May 12, 1959, in Oxford, England; daughter of Roger Harold Metford (an antiques dealer) and Ruth Ernestine (maiden name, Hurcombe) Warner. Addresses: Contact: Conway Van Gelder, Ltd., 18-21 Jermyn St., 3rd Floor, LondonSW1Y 6HP, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Director

Birth Details

May 12, 1959

Oxford, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• The Good Person of Sichuan, Kick Theatre Company, 1980
• Woyzeck, Kick Theatre Company, 1981, 1982
• The Tempest, Kick Theatre Company, 1983
• Measure for Measure, Kick Theatre Company, 1984
• King Lear, Kick Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, London, 1985
• Coriolanus, Kick Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, 1986
• The Swan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England,1987
• Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1988
• King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1989
• Electra, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1989
• The Good Person of Szechuan, National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989
• King Lear, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1989
• Hedda Gabler, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, then Royal Shakespeare Company, The Playhouse, London, both 1991
• Coriolan, Salzburg Festival, 1993
• Wozzeck, Opera North Festival, 1993
• Footfalls, Garrick Theatre, London, 1984
• Don Giovanni, Glyndebourne Opera House, 1994
• Richard II, Royal National Theatre, London, 1995-1996
• Wozzeck, 1996
• The Waste Land, London, 1995, then Liberty Theatre, New York City,1996-1997
• Une maison de poupee, Odeon, Paris, 1997
• Honegger's Joan of Arc at the Stake, BBC Proms, 1997
• Bobigny, 1998
• The Turn of the Screw, Royal Opera House, 1998
• The Day of the One Who Vanished, English National Opera at the Dublin Festival, then Bobigny, Holland Festival, Lincoln Center Festival and theRoyal National Theatre, 1999
• St. John Passion, English National Opera, 2000
• Medea, Dublin, 2000-2001
• Fidelio, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 2001
• The Powerbook, Royal National Theatre, 2002
• Medea, Queen's Theatre, London, 2001, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theatre, 2002, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003
• Also directed The Tempest, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Major Tours
• as Director
• The Swan, European cities, 1987
• Titus Andronicus, European cities, 1988
• Also directed King Lear; Medea, U.S. cities; The Waste Land, world cities.
• Film Director
• The Waste Land, 1995
• The Last September, Trimark Pictures, 1999
• Television Director
• Specials
• Hedda Gabler, BBC, 1993
• Don Giovanni, Channel 4, 1995
• Richard II, 1997
• Also directed St. John Passion, BBC.
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Changing Stages, PBS and BBC, 2000
• WRITINGS
• Plays
• (With others) The Powerbook, produced at Royal National Theatre, London, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Theatre, March, 1997, p. 12