- Born
- Birth nameRichard Charles Hastings Eyre
- Richard Eyre was born on March 28, 1943 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Notes on a Scandal (2006), Iris (2001) and Stage Beauty (2004). He has been married to Sue Birtwistle since 1973.
- SpouseSue Birtwistle(1973 - present)
- He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Director for "Guys and Dolls".
- He was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of the 1997 season for "King Lear", at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe.
- He was awarded the 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement to Theatre.
- An Associate Member of RADA.
- Directed four actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett. Broadbent won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in Iris (2001).
- I did not live near a theatre and it was watching a television production of As You Like It (1963), starring Vanessa Redgrave, that gave me my interest in the stage. But young people these days can't do this as the BBC is not doing these sort of plays. I'm not saying the BBC should do classics for their own sake but they must be a part of the mix.
- [on Paul Scofield] For me he was the most interesting, the most alluring actor of that generation.
- [on John Thaw] He's just effortlessly skilled at what he does.
- [on Princess Margaret] If it weren't for the sharp English upper-class voice, you'd say she looks like a Maltese landlady.
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