Terry Hands

Terry Hands (1972)

Terence David "Terry" Hands (born January 9, 1941 in Aldershot ; † February 4, 2020 ) was a British theater director and artistic director.

Terence David Hands studied at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

In 1964 he founded the Everyman Theater in Liverpool . Terry Hands was hired by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 to lead the touring company Theatregoround . Together with Trevor Nunn, he became artistic director in 1978 and sole director in 1986. His decision to close the RSC's stages at the Barbican Center in the winter of 1990/1991 was crucial for the RSC to receive an increased grant from the Arts Council . In 1997 he became director of the Clwyd Theatr Cymru , which mainly toured Wales and the rest of the UK.

Their daughter Marina Hands comes from their marriage to the French actress Ludmila Mikaël , who like her mother switched to acting. In October 2001, he resigned from his position as Advisory Head of the RSC.

Productions (selection)

• For theater regoround tours of the RSC
  • 1967: The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
  • 1967–1968: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
• For the RSC ( Royal Shakespeare Theater and the Aldwych Theater )
  • 1968: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 1969: Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson
  • 1970: Richard III.
  • 1971–1972: The merchant from Venice
  • 1972: Murder in the cathedral by TS Eliot
  • 1973: Romeo & Juliet
  • 1975–1976: Heinrich VI. Part 1 and 2
  • 1975–1976: Heinrich V.
  • 1975–1976: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 1977–1978: Heinrich VI. Part 1, 2 and 3
  • 1978-1979: Coriolanus
  • 1979–1980: What you want
  • 1980–1981: Richard II.
  • 1980-1981: Richard III.
  • 1980–1981: As you like it
  • 1981: Troilus and Cressida
  • 1982–1984: Much Ado About Nothing
• For the RSC at the Barbican Center and the Royal Shakespeare Theater
  • 1985–1986: A winter fairy tale
  • 1987–1988: Julius Caesar
  • 1987: The balcony of Jean Genet
  • 1989: Romeo & Juliet
  • 1989–1990: Coriolanus with John Barton
  • 1990–1991: Lost labor of love
  • 1990–1991: The Seagull by Anton Pawlowitsch Chekhov
  • 1993: Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe
  • 1995: The Merry Wives of Windsor (at the Royal National Theater )
• For the 1995 Chichester Festival
  • Hadrian VII Chichester Festival Theater
  • The Visit Chichester Festival Theater
• For Theatr Clwyd
  • 1997: Equus by Peter Shaffer
  • 1998: A Christmas Carol by Peter Barnes
  • 1999: what you want
  • 1999: Macbeth
  • 2000: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
  • 2001: King Lear
  • 2002: Rosenkrantz and Güldenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard
  • 2002: Romeo & Juliet
  • 2003: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • 2004: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
  • 2005: Troilus and Cressida

Awards

• 1984: (for the 1983 season) - Laurence Olivier Theater Award for best director for Cyrano de Bergerac .
• 1983: Critics' Circle Theater Awards (Drama Theater Awards) for best classical director, Cyrano de Bergerac .
• 1993: London Evening Standard Theater Award for best director Tamburlaine The Great .
• 1993: Critics' Circle Theater Awards (Drama Theater Award) for best director for Tamburlaine The Great.
• 2007: Awarded the CBE

Web links

• Literature by and about Terry Hands in the catalog of the German National Library
• Terry Hands at the RSC