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Tony Richardson Biography (1928-1991)

Full name, Cecil Antonio Richardson; born June 5, 1928, in Shipley, Yorkshire, England; died in November, 1991; son of Clarence Albert (a chemist) and Elsie Evans (Campion) Richardson; married Vanessa Redgrave (an actress), April 29 (some sources say April 28), 1962 (divorced, 1967); children: Natasha Jane.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

director, producer, writer

Birth Details

June 5, 1928

Shipley, Yorkshire, England

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Director, Except Where Indicated
• (With John Osborne) Look Back in Anger (also see below), Warner Bros., 1959.
• The Entertainer (also see below), Continental, 1960.
• Producer, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Continental, 1961.
• (And producer) A Taste of Honey (also see below), Continental, 1961.
• Sanctuary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
• (And producer) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Continental, 1962.
• (And producer) Tom Jones, Lopert, 1963.
• The Loved One, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
• Mademoiselle, Lopert-Woodfall, 1965.
• The Sailor from Gibraltar (also see below), Lopert, 1965.
• The Charge of the Light Brigade, United Artists (UA), 1968.
• Laughter in the Dark, Lopert, 1969.
• Ned Kelly (also see below), UA, 1969.
• Hamlet, Columbia, 1970.
• A Delicate Balance, American Film Theatre, 1973.
• Dead Cert (also see below), UA, 1974.
• Joseph Andrews, Paramount, 1977.
• The Border, Universal, 1982.
• Hotel New Hampshire (also see below), Orion, 1984.
• Blue Sky, Orion, 1990.
• Also directed Momma Don't Allow, 1953, and Red and Blue, 1966; executive producer of The Girl with Green Eyes, 1965.
• Credits; Television Director; Movies
• A Death in Canaan, CBS, 1978.
• Penalty Phase, CBS, 1986.
• Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun, CBS, 1988.
• The Phantom of the Opera, NBC, 1989.
• Credits; Television Director; Episodic
• "Hills Like White Elephants," Women and Men: Stories of Seduction,HBO, 1990.
• Credits; Other Television Work
• Director, After Midnight (pilot), ABC, 1988.
• Directed BBC productions of Othello and The Gambler.
• Credits; Stage Director
• The Country Wife, Royal Theatre, Stratford, England, 1955.
• Cards of Identity, English Stage Company (ESC), Royal Court Theatre, London, 1956.
• Look Back in Anger, ESC, Royal Court Theatre, 1956-57, then LyceumTheatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Member of the Wedding, ESC, Royal Court Theatre, 1957, then Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, New York City, 1960.
• The Entertainer, ESC, Royal Court Theatre, then Palace Theatre, New York City, 1957, later Royale Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• The Apollo of Bellac (double-bill with The Chairs), ESC, Royal Court Theatre, 1957.
• The Making of Moo, ESC, Royal Court Theatre, 1957.
• Requiem for a Nun, Royal Court Theatre, 1957, then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• The Lesson and The Chairs (double-bill), Phoenix Theatre, New York City, then Royal Court Theatre, 1958.
• Flesh to a Tiger, Royal Court Theatre, 1958.
• Pericles, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1958.
• Othello, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1959.
• Orpheus Descending, Royal Court Theatre, 1959.
• Look After Lulu, Royal Court Theatre, 1959.
• (With George Devine) A Taste of Honey, Lyceum Theatre, 1960.
• The Changeling, Royal Court Theatre, 1961.
• Luther (also see below), Royal Court Theatre, 1961, then St. James's Theatre, London, 1963.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Court Theatre, 1962.
• Semi-Detached, Saville Theatre, London, 1962.
• Natural Affection, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• Arturo Ui, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• The Seagull, Queen's Theatre, London, 1964.
• St. Joan of the Stockyards, Queen's Theatre, 1964.
• Hamlet, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1969.
• The Threepenny Opera, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1972.
• I, Claudius, Queen's Theatre, 1972.
• Antony and Cleopatra, Bankside Globe Theatre, London, 1973, then Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1987-88.
• The Lady from the Sea, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1976.
• As You Like It, Long Beach Festival Theatre, Long Beach, CA, 1979.
• Toyer, Kennedy Center Theatre, Washington, DC, 1981.
• Toured as director of Luther, New York, Paris, the Netherlands, and Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1961. Directed Dreamhouse,Los Angeles production, 1983.
• Credits; Screenplays
• (With Shelagh Delaney) A Taste of Honey (based on the stage play by Delaney), Continental, 1962.
• (Coauthor) The Sailor from Gibraltar, Lopert, 1967.
• Ned Kelly, United Artists (UA), 1969.
• (Coauthor) Dead Cert, UA, 1974.
• Hotel New Hampshire, Orion, 1984.

Further Reference

Periodicals

• Time, November 25, 1991, p. 92.
• Vanity Fair, February, 1992, p. 130.
• Variety, November 18, 1991, p. 91.