Richard Rose (director)

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Richard Rose CM (born January 18, 1955) is a Canadian theatre director, most noted as the former artistic director of the Toronto theatre companies Necessary Angel and Tarragon Theatre. [1]

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Background

He was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and raised in Sudbury, Ontario. [2] He studied theatre at York University. [3]

Career

He was the founding artistic director of Necessary Angel in 1978. [1] The company's first production, Aeschylus's Oresteia , was not well-regarded by critics but telegraphed the company's high ambitions. [1]

Necessary Angel rose to critical and popular favour with the breakout success of John Krizanc's play Tamara in 1981, [4] which won numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 1982 including Best Director for Rose. [5] Following the success of Tamara, he collaborated with Thom Sokoloski, the artistic director of Theatre Autumn Leaf, to create Autumn Angel Repertory, [6] who won the Dora for Outstanding New Play in 1984 for Mein. [7]

In 1989 he attracted acclaim for his theatrical adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel Coming Through Slaughter , cowritten with Ondaatje and D.D. Kugler. [1] In 1992, Rose and Kugler debuted another stage adaptation, of Timothy Findley's novel Not Wanted on the Voyage . [8]

He also directed the short film Giant Steps, which screened at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival, [9] and served for three years as director of the youth company at the Stratford Festival. [1]

In 2002 he was appointed artistic director of Tarragon. [10] His role with the company was marked by brief controversy in 2012 when Michael Healey resigned as the company's playwright in residence after Rose declined to produce his play Proud, [1] but Rose remained with the company until his retirement in 2020. [11]

In 2024, he was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada. He lives in Toronto. [12]

Awards

AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
Dora Mavor Moore Awards 1982 Outstanding Direction of a Play, General Theatre Tamara Won [5]
1983 Best Original Play, General Theatre CensoredNominated [13]
1984 Mein
with Stewart Arnott, Ines Ruchli, Mark Christmann, Dorian Clark, Denis Forest, Maggie Huculak, Tanja Jacobs, Susan McKenzie		Won [7]
1989Outstanding Direction of a Play, General TheatreThe PossibilitiesNominated [14]
1990Best Original Play, General TheatreComing Through Slaughter
with Michael Ondaatje, D.D. Kugler		Nominated [15]
Outstanding Direction of a Play, General TheatreThe EuropeansNominated [16]
1993Outstanding Direction of a Play, Midsize TheatreGlennNominated [17]
1996Seven LearsWon [18]
1998Outstanding Direction of a Play, General TheatreInexpressible IslandNominated [19]
2004RemnantsWon [20]
SimplNominated [21]
2006LéoNominated [22]
2007 Scorched Won [23]
2010CourageousNominated [24]
2014A God in Need of HelpNominated [25]
2015An Enemy of the PeopleNominated [26]
2018 Hamlet Nominated [27]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Craig Walker, "Richard Rose". The Canadian Encyclopedia , January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, "Rose, Richard". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, August 23, 2024.
  3. ↑ Robert Crew, "Rose puts fresh bloom on theatre". Toronto Star , December 31, 1998.
  4. ↑ Salem Alaton, "Tamara plays to a full house in all 20 rooms". The Globe and Mail , June 20, 1981.
  5. 1 2 Carole Corbeil, "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail , November 16, 1982.
  6. ↑ Carole Corbeil, "A new theatrical pairing". The Globe and Mail , December 7, 1982.
  7. 1 2 Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail , October 23, 1984.
  8. ↑ "Findley novel headed for stage". Toronto Star , September 18, 1990.
  9. ↑ H. J Kirchhoff, "Festival ushers in 69 Canadian films". The Globe and Mail , July 30, 1992.
  10. ↑ "Tarragon Theatre names new artistic director". The Globe and Mail , June 12, 2002.
  11. ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Richard Rose set to retire from Tarragon Theatre". The Globe and Mail , June 27, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Appointments to the Order of Canada – December 18, 2024".
  13. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail , October 11, 1983.
  14. ↑ Isabel Vincent, "And the Dora nominees are . . .". The Globe and Mail , May 13, 1989.
  15. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail , May 15, 1990.
  16. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail , May 15, 1990.
  17. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Bob's Kingdom and Ratbag lead Dora nominees". The Globe and Mail , May 11, 1993.
  18. ↑ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette , June 27, 1996.
  19. ↑ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star , May 27, 1998.
  20. ↑ Kamal Al-Solaylee, "The Producers lost at box office but wins big at Dora awards". The Globe and Mail , June 29, 2004.
  21. ↑ Robert Cushman, "The Doras: and the winner is ...: Odd nominees make predictions difficult". National Post , June 26, 2004.
  22. ↑ Robert Cushman, "Some nods are inexplicable: A desperate season, a desperate slate of Dora nominees". National Post , June 24, 2006.
  23. ↑ Guy Dixon, "Scorched wins best play at Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail , June 25, 2007.
  24. ↑ Robert Cushman, "Navigating the nominations; Our critic predicts Dora winners and laments overlooked performances". National Post , June 26, 2010.
  25. ↑ Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". National Post , June 21, 2014.
  26. ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper leads in Dora Award nods". The Globe and Mail , June 2, 2015.
  27. ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper's 13 nominations lead general theatre division of Toronto's Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail , May 31, 2018.
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