Ronald Eyre
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English theatre director, actor and writer
Ronald Eyre (13 April 1929 – 8 April 1992) was an English theatre director, actor and writer.
Biography
[edit ]Eyre was born at Mapplewell, near Barnsley, Yorkshire and he taught at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and Giggleswick School. He became a leading director for the cinema, opera, television and the theatre. He was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for London Assurance . He presented the BBC television documentary series The Long Search (1977), a survey of various world religions, which won a Red Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
Eyre was the godfather of British actress Emma Thompson.[1] [2]
Television
[edit ]- As You Like It (1963) (TV) ... Director
- The Wednesday Play - A Crack in the Ice (1964) TV Episode ... Director and Dramatist
- Z-Cars - "Window Dressing" (1965) TV Episode ... Director and Writer
- Tom Grattan's War (1968) TV Episode ... Director
- Jackanory - "Christmas Stories: The Selfish Giant" (1968) TV Episode ... Storyteller
- Jackanory - "Johhny the Clockmaker" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller
- Jackanory - "Johnny's Bad Day/Diana and Her Rhinoceros" (1971) TV Episode ...Storyteller
- Jackanory - "Paul the Hero of the Fire" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller
- Jackanory - "Tim and Charlotte" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller
- Jackanory - eleven other TV Episodes
- Play of the Month - "Rasputin" (1971) TV Episode ... Writer
- The Long Search - (1977) (TV) Documentary Series... Writer and Host
- Falstaff (1982) (TV) ... Opera Director
- Wogan (1987) ... Interviewed
- Russell Harty 1934-1988 (1988) ... Interviewed
- Frontiers - Long Division (1990) ... Interviewed
- In My Defence - Neither Prison Nor Chains (1991) ... Interviewed
References
[edit ]- ^ "Beneath the skin". The Telegraph. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Emma Thompson: A Life in Pictures". ScreenDaily. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
External links
[edit ]- Ronald Eyre at IMDb
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