Artistic Directors
Tuesday, 13 August @ 11:00, Cairns Lecture Theatre
Terry Lane
In 1962, together with actor John Malcolm, he went to Edinburgh where he designed, built and was the first Artistic Director and Manager of the Traverse Theatre Club. During his time there he directed a number of Scottish and several British premieres. These included three works by the Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal: Comedy, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning by Grabbe; The Balachites, the first play by Stanley Eveling, Beebee Fenstermaker by Snyder, and The Noh Plays of Yukio Mishima.
Of Jarry’s avante garde classic Ubu Roi The Scotsman wrote: “If the Traverse should shut down… it would have justified its existence by Terry Lane’s production…” In The Observer Bamber Gascoigne wrote, “The play gives splendid opportunities to a director… Terry Lane grabs them all… All the best touches turned out to be his…”Born in 1937 in Woodford, he began his career in the West End offices of impresario Jack Hylton, stage managed at Bromley, Pitlochry, Perth and for Stephen Joseph’s Theatre in the Round company in Scarborough and on tour.
When he left the Traverse he ran the 1964 season in Scarborough, subsequently directed the pilot Theatre Go Round scripted by Michael Kustowfor the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, and in the 1965 and 1966 seasons in Pitlochry. In 1966 Stephen asked him to take control of the company in Stoke on Trent during what became an inter-regnum season and most notably he directed a Documentary Music Hall and the Big Soft Nelly ofHenry Livings with Tony Robinson as Benny.
He was the first Director of Productions at the Midlands Arts Centre where his productions included Ionesco’s Jacques in masks, and Gammer Gurton’s Needleon a genuine hay-wain, (the Birmingham Post described it as “A sheer riot”). Elsewhere he has directed My Fair Lady, Oh What a Lovely War, and on the Edinburgh Fringe, National Health and also M. Ragou.
He married the actress Rosamund Dickson in 1964 (d.2005). They opened their own bookshop, Bookworms in Helensburgh and had three children. He moved to Italy in 1995 to write and paint and cook.
He has designed stage settings and costumes and now paints portraits. He has written magazine articles. THE FULL ROUND is his first full length book, a biography of the late Stephen Joseph. SIDE BY SIDE – his personal history of the creation of the Traverse Theatre – was published in 2007.
Of Jarry’s avante garde classic Ubu Roi The Scotsman wrote: “If the Traverse should shut down… it would have justified its existence by Terry Lane’s production…” In The Observer Bamber Gascoigne wrote, “The play gives splendid opportunities to a director… Terry Lane grabs them all… All the best touches turned out to be his…”Born in 1937 in Woodford, he began his career in the West End offices of impresario Jack Hylton, stage managed at Bromley, Pitlochry, Perth and for Stephen Joseph’s Theatre in the Round company in Scarborough and on tour.
When he left the Traverse he ran the 1964 season in Scarborough, subsequently directed the pilot Theatre Go Round scripted by Michael Kustowfor the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, and in the 1965 and 1966 seasons in Pitlochry. In 1966 Stephen asked him to take control of the company in Stoke on Trent during what became an inter-regnum season and most notably he directed a Documentary Music Hall and the Big Soft Nelly ofHenry Livings with Tony Robinson as Benny.
He was the first Director of Productions at the Midlands Arts Centre where his productions included Ionesco’s Jacques in masks, and Gammer Gurton’s Needleon a genuine hay-wain, (the Birmingham Post described it as “A sheer riot”). Elsewhere he has directed My Fair Lady, Oh What a Lovely War, and on the Edinburgh Fringe, National Health and also M. Ragou.
He married the actress Rosamund Dickson in 1964 (d.2005). They opened their own bookshop, Bookworms in Helensburgh and had three children. He moved to Italy in 1995 to write and paint and cook.
He has designed stage settings and costumes and now paints portraits. He has written magazine articles. THE FULL ROUND is his first full length book, a biography of the late Stephen Joseph. SIDE BY SIDE – his personal history of the creation of the Traverse Theatre – was published in 2007.
Michael Rudman
Michael Rudman’s career as a Director began at the Nottingham Playhouse, wherehe was Assistant Director and Associate Producer to John Neville from 1964-1968. He went on to become Director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh from 1970-1973, after which he took up the post of Artistic Director at Hampstead Theatre until 1978. In 1977, while Michael was Artistic Director, Hampstead Theatre was presented with the Evening Standard Award for Special Achievement. In 1978 Michael was invited to join the National Theatre by Sir Peter Hall, and was Director of the Lyttelton Theatre from 1979-82. He continued there as an Associate until 1988, after which he went to the Chichester Festival Theatre as the Director for the 1990 season. From 1992-94 Michael was Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres.
Directing credits include: THE OLD MASTERS (Longwharf Theatre, 2011), MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Comedy Theatre, 2010), BERLIN HANOVER EXPRESS (Hampstead Theatre, 2009), A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2006), PRESENT LAUGHTER (Theatre Royal Bath), FALLEN ANGELS (Globe Theatre), THE HEIRESS (Gate Theatre, Dublin), MEASURE FOR MEASURE (New York Shakespeare Festival), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), MAKING IT BETTER (Criterion Theatre), OUR BETTERS, TALLULAH, THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, MANSFIELD PARK, EURYDICE, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, RUMOURS, THE WIZARD OF OZ (Chichester Festival Theatre), FATHER AND SONS, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, TIN TAING MINE, WAITING FOR GODOT, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, THE MAGISTRATE, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY, HARLEQUINADE, THE BROWNING VERSION, THEE AND ME, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, FOR SERVICES RENDERED (National Theatre), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Broadhurst Theatre, New York; starring Dustin Hoffman & John Malkovich – winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival, 1984), TAKING STEPS (Lyric Theatre), GLOO JOO (Hampstead & Criterion Theatre), CLOUDS (Hampstead & Duke of York’s Theatre), ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Hampstead & The Mayfair Theatre), THE RIDE ACROSS LAKE CONSTANCE (Hampstead & Mayfair Theatre), DONKEY’S YEARS (Globe Theatre), HAMLET (Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Centre, Broadway), BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL, CARRAVAGGIO BUDDY, CURTAINS (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), THE CHANGING ROOM (Longwharf Theatre & Morosco Theatre, New York).
As a Writer, plays include: SHORT LIST (Hampstead Theatre, 1983; starring Bernard Hill & Ian McKellen), MOLL FLANDERS (Nottingham Playhouse, 1966).
Directing credits include: THE OLD MASTERS (Longwharf Theatre, 2011), MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Comedy Theatre, 2010), BERLIN HANOVER EXPRESS (Hampstead Theatre, 2009), A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2006), PRESENT LAUGHTER (Theatre Royal Bath), FALLEN ANGELS (Globe Theatre), THE HEIRESS (Gate Theatre, Dublin), MEASURE FOR MEASURE (New York Shakespeare Festival), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), MAKING IT BETTER (Criterion Theatre), OUR BETTERS, TALLULAH, THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, MANSFIELD PARK, EURYDICE, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, RUMOURS, THE WIZARD OF OZ (Chichester Festival Theatre), FATHER AND SONS, SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, TIN TAING MINE, WAITING FOR GODOT, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, THE MAGISTRATE, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY, HARLEQUINADE, THE BROWNING VERSION, THEE AND ME, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, FOR SERVICES RENDERED (National Theatre), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Broadhurst Theatre, New York; starring Dustin Hoffman & John Malkovich – winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival, 1984), TAKING STEPS (Lyric Theatre), GLOO JOO (Hampstead & Criterion Theatre), CLOUDS (Hampstead & Duke of York’s Theatre), ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Hampstead & The Mayfair Theatre), THE RIDE ACROSS LAKE CONSTANCE (Hampstead & Mayfair Theatre), DONKEY’S YEARS (Globe Theatre), HAMLET (Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Centre, Broadway), BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL, CARRAVAGGIO BUDDY, CURTAINS (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), THE CHANGING ROOM (Longwharf Theatre & Morosco Theatre, New York).
As a Writer, plays include: SHORT LIST (Hampstead Theatre, 1983; starring Bernard Hill & Ian McKellen), MOLL FLANDERS (Nottingham Playhouse, 1966).
Moderated by Andrew C. Jones
