Terry Hands

Terry Hands
Born Terence David Hands
(1941-01-09) 9 January 1941
Aldershot, England
Occupation Theatre director
Spouse(s) Josephine Barstow (1964-1967; divorced)
Ludmila Mikaël (1974-1980; divorced); 1 child
Emma Lucia (present)

Terence David "Terry" Hands (born 9 January 1941) is an English theatre director. He founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for thirteen years during one of the company's most successful periods. He also saved Clwyd Theatr Cymru from closure and turned it into the most successful theatre in Wales in his seventeen years as Artistic Director. Terry Hands has received several Olivier, Tony and Moliere nominations for directing and lighting.[1] He is one of Britain’s most respected theatre directors with an international reputation.[2]

Early years

Hands was born at Aldershot, Hampshire, England. He studied at Woking Grammar School, University of Birmingham before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art leaving with the gold medal for acting in 1964. He then established the Liverpool Everyman where he directed numerous productions, including a prominent production of Murder in the Cathedral.

Career

Hands joined the Royal Shakespeare Company two years later in 1966 to run the Company's touring group, Theatregoround. He became joint Artistic Director with Trevor Nunn in 1978, and in 1986 sole chief executive. As Director Emeritus and Artistic Director he directed more productions during his 25 years there than any other director in the Company’s history. These included the entire History Cycle with Alan Howard, Much Ado and Cyrano with Derek Jacobi, Singer and Tamburlaine with Tony Sher, Loves Labours Lost with Ralph Fiennes, The Seagull with Simon Russell Beale, Winter’s Tale with Jeremy Irons, Othello with Ben Kingsley and David Suchet and the award winning musical Poppy.[3]

In 1997, Hands became Artistic Director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru, which presents much of its work on tour in Wales and the rest of the UK, saving the theatre from closure. He was appointed CBE in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. In October 2001 he resigned from his position as an advisory director of the RSC. .

In 2015 Hands left his post as Artistic Director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru after seventeen years in the post, having turned the theatre into the most successful in Wales.

His international directing credits include productions in Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, London, New York, Oslo, Paris, Tokyo, Vienna and Zurich. From 1975 to 1980 he was consultant-director of the Comédie-Française and is a Chevalier of Arts and Letters. Opera directing credits include Otello with Placido Domingo (Paris Opera) and Parsifal (Royal Opera House).[4]

Personal life

Hands was married to soprano Dame Josephine Barstow (1964–1967) and actress Ludmila Mikaël with whom he has a daughter, actress Marina Hands. He has two sons, Sebastian and Rupert (also a director). In 2002 he married director, Emma Lucia.

Awards and nominations

Awards
Nominations

Stage productions

Theatregoround – Touring RSC
RSC (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Aldwych Theatre)

  • 1975-1976: Henry V (Also International tour)
  • 1975-1976: The Merry Wives of Windor
  • 1977: Old World, Aleksei Arbuzov
  • 1977-1978: Henry VI Parts 1,2 and 3
  • 1978: The Changeling, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
  • 1978-1979: Coriolanu (Also International Tour)
  • 1979: Children of the Sun, Maxim Gorky
  • 1979-1980: Twelfth Night
  • 1980-81: As You Like It
  • 1980-81: Richard II
  • 1980-81: Richard III
  • 1981: Troilus and Cressida
  • 1982-1983: Arden of Faversham
  • 1982-84: Much Ado About Nothing

RSC at the Barbican Theatres and Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Chichester Festival
Clwyd Theatr Cymru

  • 1997: Equus
  • 1998: A Christmas Carol, Peter Barnes
  • 1998: The Journey of Mary Kelly, Siân Evans
  • 1998: Table Manners
  • 1998: Living Together
  • 1998: Round And Round The Garden
  • 1999: Twelfth Night
  • 1999: Macbeth
  • 2000: Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas
  • 2001: King Lear
  • 2001: Bedroom Farce
  • 2001: The Rabbit, Meredydd Barker
  • 2002: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard
  • 2002: Romeo and Juliet
  • 2002: The Four Seasons, Arnold Wesker
  • 2002: Betrayal
  • 2003: Blithe Spirit, Noël Coward
  • 2003: The Crucible, Arthur Miller
  • 2004: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
  • 2005: Brassed Off
  • 2005: Troilus and Cressida

  • 2005: Brassed Off (Revival)
  • 2005: Night Must Fall
  • 2006: A Chorus Of Disapproval
  • 2006: Memory
  • 2007: Arcadia
  • 2007: Memory (Revival in New York)
  • 2007: The Cherry Orchard
  • 2008: Macbeth
  • 2008: Memory (Revival in London and Wales tour)
  • 2009: Noises Off
  • 2009: Mary Stuart (featuring his daughter, Marina Hands as Mary)
  • 2009: Pygmalion
  • 2010: Arden of Faversham
  • 2010: A Small Family Business
  • 2010: Blackthorn
  • 2011: The Taming of the Shrew
  • 2012: As You Like It
  • 2012: Boeing Boeing
  • 2013: The Winslow Boy
  • 2014: Under Milk Wood
  • 2015: Hamlet

References

  1. "Who's Who in the Cast". playbillvault. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  2. Green, Michael. "Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru to stage Hamlet as artistic director's swan song". wikipedia. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  3. "Terry Hands". Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Retrieved 31/5/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. "Terry Hands". Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Retrieved 31/5/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. "Terry Hands". Playbillvault. Retrieved 31/5/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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