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Declan Donnellan Biography (1953-)

Born Declan Michael Martin Donnellan, August 4, 1953, in Manchester, England;son of Thomas Patrick John and Margaret Josephine. Career: Stage director. Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company, founder (with Nick Ormerod) and artisticdirector, 1981-; Royal National Theatre, associate director, 1989-97. Awards, Honors: Laurence Olivier Award, most promising newcomer, 1985; Critic's Circle Theatre Award, best director, 1987, for Twelfth Night; Laurence Olivier Award, best director of a play, 1988, for The Cid, Twelfth Night, and Macbeth; Laurence Olivier Award, The Observer Award, 1990, for Fuente Ovejuna; Laurence Olivier Award, best director ofa musical, 1994, for Sweeney Todd; Laurence Olivier Award, best director of a play, 1995, for As You Like It. Addresses: Contact: Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company, Alford House, Aveline St., London SE11 5DQ, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

Stage director

Birth Details

August 4, 1953

Manchester, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• The Country Wife, 1981
• Othello, 1982
• Vanity Fair, 1983
• Pericles, 1983
• Andromache, Racine, 1985
• Twelfth Night, 1987
• Fuente Ovejuna, Royal National Theatre, London, England, 1988
• Lady Betty, 1989
• Peer Gynt, Royal National Theatre, 1990
• Angels in America: Part 1, Millennium, Royal National Theatre, 1991
• Sweeney Todd, Royal National Theatre, 1992-93
• The Masked Ball, Opera 80, 1992
• As You Like It, 1992
• Angels in America: Part 2, Perestroika, Cottesloe Theatre, London,1993
• Measure for Measure, Lyric Theatre, London, 1994
• As You Like It, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1994thenAlbery Theatre, London, 1995
• The Duchess of Malfi, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1995
• The Winter's Tale, Maly Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997
• Le Cid, Theatre Municipal, Avignon, France, 1998
• The School for Scandal, Barbican Theatre, London, 1998
• Much Ado About Nothing, Playhouse Theatre, London, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1998
• Also directed Cheek by Jowl productions of Othello; Pericles; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Tempest; The Man of Mode; A Family Affair; Bent, Nortchcote Theatre; Philoctetes, Finnish National Theatre; The Doctor of Honor, Calderon Theatre; Sara, Lessing; Mahagonny, Wexford Festival; Macbeth, Finnish National Theatre; and Don Giovanni, Scottish Opera Go Round.
• Major Tours
• Cheek by Jowl productions have toured in over forty-nine countries.