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Trevor Nunn

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Also known as: Sir Trevor Robert Nunn
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Category: Arts & Culture
In full:
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn
Born:
January 14, 1940, Ipswich, Suffolk, England (age 84)
Notable Works:
“Hedda”
“Lady Jane”
“Red Joan”
“Twelfth Night or What You Will”
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Trevor Nunn (born January 14, 1940, Ipswich, Suffolk, England) English theatre director who, as artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC; 1968–86) and the Royal National Theatre (RNT; 1997–2003), was known for his innovative stagings of Shakespeare’s works and commercially successful productions of popular musicals. Raised in a working-class family, Nunn received a scholarship to Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied under F.R. Leavis and dedicated himself to acting, directing, and writing for the theatre. After his graduation in 1962, he worked for the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, where he directed Peer Gynt, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and A ...(100 of 721 words)

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