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Biography
The versatile Canadian-born, UK-based writer and director John Caird is honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was associate director from 1977 to 1990. Recent productions with the RSC include The Beggar’s Opera, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra and Richard Nelson’s Columbus and the Discovery of Japan. In collaboration with Trevor Nunn, he directed Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby at the Aldwych Theatre in June 1980 as well as the first English-language production of Les Misérables in 1985, both of which later went to Broadway and garnered numerous honors, including Tony Awards for the directors. Mr. Caird also directed and wrote the book for Paul Gordon’s Jane Eyre for Broadway, earning a Tony nomination for best book. He wrote and directed The Siegfried and Roy Spectacular for Las Vegas, and co-wrote and directed the musical Children of Eden with Stephen Schwartz at Prince Edward Theatre. His writing for the stage also includes The Kingdom of the Spirit and The Beggar’s Opera (based on the Brecht play), and for television an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV for the BBC. In opera, he has directed Mozart’s Zaide at Batignano, Italy, and Verdi’s Don Carlos for Welsh National Opera.
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| GRANT NAME | YEAR | The Opera Fund: Repertoire Development | 2008 |
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