Howard Davies Biography (1945?-)

Born c. 1945 in Durham, England; father, a miner. Addresses: Manager:Parseghian/Planco, Management, 23 E. 22nd St., New York, NY 10010; Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Stage director
Birth Details
1945?
Durham, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Director
  • Narrow Road to the Deep North, Bristol Old Vic Company, Bristol, England, c. 1972-1974
  • Troilus and Cressida, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • Long Day's Journey into Night, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • Endgame, Early Morning, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich, Bristol Old Vic Company, c.1972-1974
  • Woyzek, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • Afore Night Come, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • Spring Awakening, Bristol Old Vic Company, c. 1972-1974
  • The Beast, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Place, London, 1974
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Birmingham Repertory Company, Birmingham, England, 1974
  • Struggles against the Iron Heel, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1974
  • Man Is Man, Royal Shakespeare Company, Round House Theatre Downstairs, London, 1976
  • The Iceman Cometh, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1976
  • Schweyk in the Second World War, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1976, then The Warehouse, London, 1977
  • Bingo, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1976, then TheWarehouse, 1977
  • The Days of the Commune, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1977
  • Bandits, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1977
  • The Bundle, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1977
  • (With John Caird) The Adventures of Awful Knawful, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1978
  • The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1978, then The Other Place, 1979
  • Piaf, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1978, then The Warehouse, later Aldwych Theatre, both 1979
  • The Innocent, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1979
  • No Limits to Love, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1980
  • Outskirts, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981
  • The Fool, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981
  • Piaf, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1981
  • Good, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Warehouse, 1981, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • Henry VIII, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1984
  • Mother Courage, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1984
  • Soft Cons, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London, 1984
  • The Time of Your Life, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1984
  • Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1985
  • The Party, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
  • Les liaisons dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1985, then The Pit, 1986, later Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1986
  • Flight, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Other Place, 1986
  • Les liaisons dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1987
  • The Shaughraun, Olivier Theatre, London, 1988
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, National Theatre, London, 1988
  • The Secret Rapture, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1988
  • The Crucible, National Theatre, then Olivier Theatre, 1990
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1990
  • My Fair Lady, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1993
  • Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Hippodrome, Birmingham, England, 1993
  • New England, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 1995
  • Translations, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1995
  • Chips with Everything, Lyttleton Theatre, 1997
  • The Play about the Baby, Almeida Theatre, London, 1998
  • The Iceman Cometh, Almeida Theatre, 1998, then Brooks Atkinson Theater, New York City, 1999
  • Vassa, Aldbery Theatre, London, 1999
  • Conversations after a Burial, Almeida Theatre, 2000
  • Battle Royal, Royal National Theatre/Lyttelton, London, 2000
  • All My Sons, Royal National Theatre, 2001
  • Private Lives, Aldbery Theatre, 2001, then Richard Rodgers Theater, New York City, 2002
  • The Breath of Life, Theater Royal, Haymarket, London, 2002
  • Stage Assistant Director
  • Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1974, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1975
  • Major Tours
  • Directed Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, British cities.
  • Television Work
  • Specials
  • Stage director, Piaf, E! Entertainment Television, 1982
  • Director, Tales from Hollywood, PBS, 1992
  • Television Director
  • Movies
  • Armadillo, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
  • Copenhagen, PBS, 2002
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • Himself, The John Thaw Story, 2002
  • Film Director
  • The Secret Rapture, 1993

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Times (London), July 28, 1977

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