Bill Bryden

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William Campbell Rough (Bill) Bryden CBE (born 12 April 1942 in Greenock, Scotland) is a leading British stage director. He has also directed several films and written the screenplays for others.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Film director 3 Writer 4 Theatre director

[edit] Awards

• 1986 (1985 season) – Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director, The Mysteries.
• 1985 – London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director for The Mysteries
• 1985 – London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for The Mysteries
• 1985 – 1988 Honorary President of The Scottish Community Drama Association

[edit] Film director

• 1983 – Ill Fares the Land
• 1986 – The Holy City
• 1992 – Six Characters In Search Of An Author
• 1987 – Aria

[edit] Writer

• 1980 – The Long Riders (film)
• 1977 – Old Movies
• 1975 – Willy Rough Play for Today, BBC

[edit] Theatre director

• 1974 – Spring Awakening – Old Vic
• 1974 – Romeo and Juliet – Old Vic
• 1975 – The Playboy of the Western World – Old Vic
• 1976 – Watch It Come Down – Old Vic
• 1976 – Il Campiello – Old Vic
• 1976 – Counting The Ways – National Theatre
• 1977 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones) – The Passion – National Theatre
• 1977 – Old Movies – National Theatre
• 1977 – The Plough and the Stars – National Theatre
• 1978 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones) – Lark Rise – National Theatre
• 1978 – American Buffalo – National Theatre
• 1978 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones) – The World Turned Upside Down – National Theatre
• 1978 – The Long Voyage Home – National Theatre
• 1978 – Dispatches – National Theatre
• 1979 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones) – Candleford – National Theatre
• 1980 – Hughie – National Theatre
• 1980 – The Iceman Cometh – National Theatre
• 1980 – The Nativity – National Theatre
• 1980 – The Crucible Hughie – National Theatre
• 1982 – A Midsummer Night's Dream – National Theatre
• 1983 – Glengarry Glen Ross – National Theatre (World Premiere)
• 1985 – Doomsday, presented with The Nativity and The Passion, as the Mysteries from medieval Mystery plays in a version by Tony Harrison – National Theatre
• 1990 – The Ship (writer & director) Harland & Wolff Shed, Govan, Glasgow
• 1994 – The Big Picnic (writer & director) Harland & Wolff, Govan, Glasgow
• 2005 – Romeo and Juliet – Birmingham Repertory Theatre
• 2005 – The Creeper – Theatre Royal Windsor