Nicholas Hytner Biography (1956-)

Full name, Nicholas Robert Hytner; born May 7, 1956, in Manchester, England;son of Benet (a barrister) and Joyce Hytner. Addresses: Office: RoyalNational Theatre, London, England.; Agent: Anthony Jones, Peters Fraser &Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director
Birth Details
May 7, 1956
Manchester, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Director
  • King Priam, Kent Opera Theatre, Kent, England, 1983
  • Rienzi, English National Opera Theatre, London, 1983
  • Alice, Leeds Playhouse, London, 1984
  • Xerxes, English National Opera Theatre, 1985
  • As You Like It, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1985
  • The Country Wife, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1986
  • Edward II, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1986
  • Don Carlos, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1987
  • Guilio Cesare, Paris Opera Theatre, Paris, then Houston Grand Opera Theatre, Houston, TX, 1987
  • Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1987
  • The Magic Flute, English National Opera, Theatre at the Coliseum,London, 1988
  • The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1988
  • Ghetto, Royal National Theatre, London, 1989
  • Le nozze de Figaro, Geneva Opera Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland, 1989
  • Miss Saigon (musical), Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 1989, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1991
  • King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1990
  • Volpone, Almeida Theatre, London, 1990
  • The Wind in the Willows, Royal National Theatre, 1990
  • The Madness of George III, Royal National Theatre, 1991
  • The Recruiting Officer, Royal National Theatre, 1992
  • Carousel (musical), Royal National Theatre, 1992, then Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1994-1995
  • (With Maggie Smith) The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1993
  • The Cripple of Inishmaan, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1997, then Public Theatre, New York City
  • Twelfth Night, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1998
  • (With Smith) The Lady in the Van, Queen's Theatre, London, 1999
  • Orpheus Descending, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2000
  • (With Michael Gambon) Cressida, Albery Theatre, London, 2000
  • The Winter's Tale, Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, London, 2001
  • Mother Clap's Molly House, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 2001
  • The Sweet Smell of Success (musical), Shubert Theatre, Chicago, IL, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 2002
  • Directed the operas Don Giovanni, Bavarian State Opera; The Force of Destiny, English National Opera; The King Goes Forth to France, Royal Opera Theatre; The Knot Garden, Royal Opera Theatre; TheMarriage of Figaro, Kent Opera Theatre; and The Turn of the Screw,Kent Opera Theatre; also directed Mumbo Jumbo, Royal Exchange Theatre.
  • Film Director
  • The Madness of King George, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994
  • The Crucible, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
  • The Object of My Affection, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • Chicago: The Musical, 1999
  • Center Stage, Columbia, 2000
  • Television Director
  • Movies
  • La clemenza di Tito (opera), BBC (England), 1991
  • Twelfth Night, PBS, 1998
  • Other
  • King Priam, 1985
  • Xerxes (opera), 1988
  • The Cunning Little Vixen (documentary special), BBC (England), 1995
  • Television Appearances
  • Miniseries
  • Changing Stages, PBS, 2000
  • WRITINGS
  • Other
  • (Adaptor of English-language version) Xerxes (television opera), 1988
  • Author (with Simon Braund) of the book 20th Century Icons: Film, Absolute Press.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

  • Some of Hytner's staged opera presentations have been recorded on video.
OTHER SOURCES
    Periodicals
    • Guardian, September 26, 2001
    • New Statesman & Society, March 23, 1990
    • Premiere, January, 1997, p. 28
    • Variety, October 1, 2001, p. 120

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