Declan Donnellan
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'''Declan Donnellan''' (born 1953) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Theatre direction|theatre director]] and writer. He is joint founder of ''[[Cheek by Jowl]]'' theatre company.
In 1992 he was awarded an Honorary Degree by the [[University of Warwick]] and in 2004 he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his work in France.
==Biography==
Donnellan was born in England to Irish parents{{Fact|date=May 2008}} and grew up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[St Benedict's School]] in [[Ealing]] and [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], where he read English and Law. After leaving Cambridge, he was called to the Bar at [[Middle Temple]] in 1978.
He founded Cheek by Jowl with [[Nick Ormerod]] in 1981. The company has performed across the world and gave the first performance of Shakespeare in the Swan: ''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night]]'' in 1986.
For the Royal Shakespeare Company he has directed ''[[School for Scandal]]'', ''[[King Lear]]'' (Academy 2002) and ''Great Expectations''. He has also directed ''Le Cid'' for the Avignon Festival, ''Falstaff'' for the [[Salzburg Festival]] and the ballet of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' for the [[Bolshoi]] in Moscow. Other work in Russia includes ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' for the Maly Drama Theatre of [[St. Petersburg]].
In 2000 he formed a company of actors in [[Moscow]], under the auspices of The Chekhov Festival, whose productions include
''[[Boris Godunov]]'', ''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night]]'' and ''[[The Three Sisters]]''.
He wrote a play, ''Lady Betty'', which was performed by Cheek by Jowl in 1989. He has also adapted ''Don't Fool with Love by'' de Musset, ''[[Antigone (Sophocles)|Antigone]]'' by [[Sophocles]], ''The Mandate'' by Erdman and ''Masquerade'' by Lermontov.
First published in Russian in 2001, Donnellan's book, ''The Actor and the Target'', has subsequently been published in English (2002, reprinted 2005), French and Spanish.
Donnellan has won awards in London, Paris, New York and Moscow, including [[Laurence Olivier Awards]] for :
*1995 Best Director of a Play for ''[[As You Like It]]''
*1994 Best Director of a Musical for ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]''
*1989/90 ''The Observer'' Award for Outstanding Achievement for ''[[Fuente Ovejuna]]''
*1987 Best Director for ''[[Le Cid]]'', ''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''
==Selected credits==
==Cheek by Jowl's Productions==
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*2008 ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*2007 ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' ... by [[Anton Chekhov]]
*2007 ''[[Cymbeline]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*2005 ''[[Great Expectations]]'' ... adapted from [[Charles Dickens]]
*2006 ''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]'' ... by [[Thomas Middleton]] and [[William Rowley]]
*2004 ''[[Othello]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*2002 ''[[Homebody / Kabul]]'' ... by [[Tony Kushner]] ..... British premiere
*1998 ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1997 ''[[Out Cry]]'' ... by [[Tennessee Williams]] ..... British premiere
*1995 ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'' ... by [[John Webster]]
*1994 ''[[As You Like It]]'' (revival) ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1994 ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1993 ''[[Don't Fool With Love]]'' ... by [[Alfred de Musset]]
*1993 ''[[The Blind Men]]'' ... by [[Michel de Ghelderode]] ..... British premiere
*1991 ''[[As You Like It]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1990 ''[[Hamlet]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1990 ''[[Sara (play)|Sara]]'' ... by [[Lessing]] ... British premiere
*1989 ''[[Lady Betty]]'' ... by Declan Donnellan ..... British premiere
*1989 ''[[The Doctor of Honour]]'' ... by [[Pedro Calderon]] ..... British premiere
*1988 ''[[The Tempest]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1988 ''[[Philoctetes]]'' ... by [[Sophocles]]
*1988 ''[[A Family Affair (play)|A Family Affair]]'' ... by [[Ostrovsky]] ..... British premiere
*1987 ''[[Macbeth]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1986 ''[[Twelfth Night (play)|Twelfth Night]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1986 ''[[Le Cid]]'' ... by [[Pierre Corneille]] ..... British premiere
*1985 ''[[The Man of Mode]]'' ... by [[George Etherege]]
*1985 ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1985 ''[[Andromache]]'' ... by [[Jean Racine]] ..... British premiere
*1984 ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre|Pericles]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1983 ''[[Vanity Fair]]'' ... by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] ..... British premiere
*1982 ''[[Othello]]'' ... by [[William Shakespeare]]
*1981 ''[[The Country Wife]]'' ... by [[William Wycherly]]
===Other productions===
*2005 ''[[Great Expectations]]'', with the[[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] a new adaptation by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod
*2002 ''[[King Lear]]'' with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] Academy Company
*2000 ''[[Boris Godunov]]'' at the Moscow Art Theatre
*1996 ''[[Martin Guerre (musical)|Martin Guerre]]'', [[West End theatre|West End]]
*''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' for the Maly Theater of St Petersburg
*''[[Le Cid]]'' at the [[festival d'Avignon|Avignon Festival]] with French actors
*''[[Falstaff]]'' at the [[Salzburg Festival]]
==Bibliography==
* Donnellan, D. ''The Actor and the Target'' (English edition) Nick Hern Books, London, 2002 (ISBN 1-85459-127-4)
*''Approaching the Millennium: Essays on Angels in America'', eds. Deborah R. Geis and Steven F. Kruger [[University of Michigan]] Press, [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], 1997 (ISBN 0-472-09623-0)
*Reade, Simon. ''Cheek by Jowl: Ten Years of Celebration'', Oberon Books (hardback) 1991 (ISBN 0-948230-47-9) -- currently out of print
*Irvin, Polly. ''Directing the Stage'', RotoVision, Hove, 2003 (ISBN 2-88046-661-X)
*''In Contact With the Gods?'', Directors Talk Theatre, eds. Maria M. Delgado & Paul Heritage, [[Manchester University]] Press, Manchester, 1996 (ISBN 0-7190-4763-3)
*National Theatre Platform Papers No. 2 on ''[[Angels in America]]'', National Theatre Publications Department
*National Theatre Platform Papers, ''Declan Donnellan Talks About his Book, The Actor and the Target'', National Theatre Publications Department, London, [[24 January]] [[2003]]
*''On Directing'', eds. Mary Luckhurst and Gabriella Giannachi, Faber, London 1999 (ISBN 0-571-19149-5)
==See also==
*[[Laurence Olivier Awards]]
*[[List of theatre directors]]
==External links==
*[http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/ cheekbyjowl.com]
*[http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk nationaltheatre.org.uk]
*[http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards officiallondontheatre.co.uk/awards]
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