Stephen Unwin (director)
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Stephen Unwin (born 1960) is an English theatre director. He completed his studies at Cambridge University in 1981, and has since directed over 50 professional productions and 12 operas. He was initially Assistant Director at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh (where all his productions, of which 6 had London transfers, were new writing) until 1988. He launched the English Touring Theatre in June 1993, and directed for it until 2008, when he became the second director (after Peter Hall) of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. He has also directed in Europe and in British rep.
He was joint winner of the 2003 Sam Wanamaker Award with Barrie Rutter, and in autumn 2003 was Judith E Wilson Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University.
[edit] Books
- "So You Want to Be a Theatre Director?" By Stephen Unwin
- Faber Pocket Guide - Shakespeare
- Faber Pocket Guide - Twentieth Century Drama
- Faber Pocket Guide - Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg
