Terry Hands

Terry Hands
Born Terence David Hands
9 January 1941 (1941-01-09) (age 71)
Aldershot, England
Occupation Theatre director
Spouse Josephine Barstow (1964 - 1967)
Ludmila Mikaël (1974 - 1980)
Julia Lintott (1988 - ?)
Awards Drama Desk Awards
Drama Desk Special Award
1982 Nicholas Nickleby

Terence David Hands (born 9 January 1941) is an English theatre director. He ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 20 years during one of its most successful periods.

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Biography

Early years

Hands was born at Aldershot, Hampshire, England. He studied at Woking Grammar School, University of Birmingham and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1964 he established the Liverpool Everyman.

Career

Hands joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966 to run the Company's touring group, Theatregoround. He become joint Artistic Director with Trevor Nunn in 1978, and in 1986 chief executive.

In 1997 Hands became been director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru which presents much of its work on tour in Wales and the rest of the UK. He was appointed C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to drama.

In October 2001 he resigned from his position as an advisory director of the RSC.

Personal life

Hands was married to soprano Dame Josephine Barstow (1964–1967) and actress Ludmila Mikaël with whom he had a daughter, actress Marina Hands. He also had two sons, Sebastian and Rupert Hands (the latter has performed in two Clwyd Theatr Cymru productions) with actress and dancer Julia Lintott. His current wife, director Emma Lucia.

Stage productions

Theatregoround - Touring RSC
RCS (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Aldwych Theatre)
  • 1975-1976: Henry V (Also International tour)
  • 1975-1976: The Merry Wives of Windor
  • 1977: Old World, Aleksei Arbuzov
  • 1977-1978: Henry VI Parts 1,2 and 3
  • 1978: The Changeling, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
  • 1978-1979: Coriolanu (Also International Tour)
  • 1979: Children of the Sun, Maxim Gorky
  • 1979-1980: Twelfth Night
  • 1980-81: As You Like It
  • 1980-81: Richard II
  • 1980-81: Richard III
  • 1981: Troilus and Cressida
  • 1982-1983: Arden of Faversham
  • 1982-84: Much Ado About Nothing
RSC at the Barbican Theatres and Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Chichester Festival
Clwyd Theatr Cymru
  • 1997: Equus
  • 1998: A Christmas Carol, Peter Barnes
  • 1998: The Journey of Mary Kelly, Siân Evans
  • 1998: Table Manners
  • 1998: Living Together
  • 1998: Round And Round The Garden
  • 1999: Twelfth Night
  • 1999: Macbeth
  • 2000: Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas
  • 2001: King Lear
  • 2001: Bedroom Farce
  • 2001: The Rabbit, Meredydd Barker
  • 2002: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard
  • 2002: Romeo and Juliet
  • 2002: The Four Seasons, Arnold Wesker
  • 2002: Betrayal
  • 2003: Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward
  • 2003: The Crucible, Arthur Miller
  • 2004: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
  • 2005: Brassed Off
  • 2005: Troilus and Cressida
  • 2005: Brassed Off (Revival)
  • 2005: Night Must Fall
  • 2006: A Chorus Of Disapproval
  • 2006: Memory
  • 2007: Arcadia
  • 2007: Memory (Revival in New York)
  • 2007: The Cherry Orchard
  • 2008: Macbeth
  • 2008: Memory (Revival in London and Wales tour)
  • 2009: Noises Off
  • 2009: Mary Stuart (featuring his daughter, Marina Hands as Mary)

Awards and nominations

Awards

Further reading

External links

Jonathan Miller (1976) · Clifford Williams (1977) · Terry Hands (1978) · Michael Bogdanov (1979) · Trevor Nunn / John Caird (1980) · Peter Wood (1981) · Richard Eyre (1982) · Terry Hands (1983) · Christopher Morahan (1984) · Bill Bryden (1985) · Bill Alexander (1986) · Declan Donnellan (1987) · Deborah Warner (1988) · Michael Bogdanov (1989) · Michael Bogdanov (1990) · Richard Jones (m)/David Thacker (p) (1991) · Simon Callow (m)/Deborah Warner (p) (1992) · Nicholas Hytner (m)/Stephen Daldry (p) (1993) · Declan Donnellan (m)/Stephen Daldry (p) (1994) · Scott Ellis (m)/Declan Donnellan (p) (1995) · Trevor Nunn (1995) · Sam Mendes (1996) · Des McAnuff (1997) · Richard Eyre (1998) · Howard Davies (1999) · Trevor Nunn (2000)
Complete list · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025)
Separate awards for play and musical between 1991 and 1995 depicted by (p) and (m)