George Devine
George Alexander Cassady Devine CBE (born November 20, 1910 in London , † January 20, 1966 there ) was a British theater director , theater producer , theater director and actor .
Life
He graduated from Wadham College and began acting during that time. Devine was a member of the Old Vic Company and was manager and producer at the London Theater Studio from 1936 to 1939. Soldier in World War II, he returned to the Old Vic Theater in 1946 , where he was the founding director of the Young Vic Company until 1954. After founding the English Stage Company (ESC) at the Royal Court Theater in 1955, he became its artistic director and remained so until 1965.
As an actor, he played Mr. Antrobus in We Got Away Again (1946), Danforth in Witch Hunt (1953) and Shu Fu in The Good Man of Sezuan (1956). Since 1939 he was also a film actor.
Although Devine worked as an actor until shortly before his death, he gained greater importance as a director and theater director from the late 1930s. His productions, especially at the Old / Young Vic, the Roal Court and the Royal Shakespeare Theater, have included classics such as William Shakespeare as well as modern plays by Bertolt Brecht , Arthur Miller , Jean-Paul Sartre , Eugène Ionesco and Jean Genet since the 1950s also operas.
Devine's declared goal was to use his theater productions to introduce new authors, as they were summarized under the catchphrase Angry Young Men , to the public. Among others, John Osborne , John Arden , Arnold Wesker , Edward Bond and Harold Pinter were promoted by him, so that the ESC was known under him as the theater of authors . As a director, he endeavored to realize the intentions of the authors instead of his own directing concepts. As there were frequent clashes with the censors, objectionable pieces were shown in non-public performances.
The George Devine Prize for theater talent has been in his honor since 1966.
Awards
literature
- Wolfgang Beck: Devine, George . In: Manfred Brauneck, Wolfgang Beck (ed.): Theater Lexikon 2. Actors and directors, stage managers, dramaturges and stage designers . Rowohlt's encyclopedia published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. Reinbek near Hamburg, August 2007, ISBN 978 3 499 55650 0 , p. 149 f.
Web links
- George Devine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Devine, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Devine, George Alexander Cassady |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theater director, theater director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 1966 |
| Place of death | London |