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Adrian Noble

Shows · Adrian Noble

Director b. 1950

Adrian Keith Noble (born 19 July 1950) is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003.

Also credited on1 work

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature3 passages

  • Adrian Noble, the show’s director, had recently been the artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He kept the show moving at a terrific clip, and ruled the production with a firm but generous hand.ebooks/Sherman, Robert B_/Moose - Robert B. Sherman.txt
  • By William Shakespeare: Director, Adrian Noble; Design, Anthony Ward; Lighting, Chris Parry; Music, Ilona Sekacz; Movement, Sue Lefton; Sound, Paul Slocombe, Duncan Edwards; Production Su ervisor, Alan Hall: General Manater Roy Gabay; one Manager, Diana L. Fairbanks; Stage Managers, Eric Lumsden, Kate Vinnicombe; Presented by The Royal Sh…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt
  • CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare; Director, Adrian Noble; Set/Costumes, Anthony Ward; Lighting, Hugh Vanstone; Lighting, Geraint Pughe; Music, Steven Warbeck; Fights, Terry King; Sound, Paul Slocombetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — director — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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