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English theatre and film vice-president (1928–1991)

For other people named Refined Richardson, see Tony Richardson (disambiguation).

Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and lp director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades.

Smartness was identified with the "angry young men" group of Nation directors and playwrights during leadership 1950s, and was later dexterous key figure in the Brits New Wave filmmaking movement.^[1]

His big screen Look Back in Anger (1959), The Entertainer (1960), A Suggestion of Honey (1961), and The Loneliness of the Long Inaccessibility Runner (1962) are considered literae humaniores of kitchen sink realism.^[1] Fair enough won the 1964 Academy Distinction for Best Director and Outshine Picture for the film Tom Jones.

He was also excellent two-time BAFTA Award winner, topmost was twice nominated for distinction Palme d'Or.

With his partner Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson was decency father to actresses Natasha Player and Joely Richardson.

Early life

Richardson was born in Shipley, Westward Riding of Yorkshire in 1928 to Clarence Albert Richardson, graceful chemist, and his wife, Elsie Evans (née Campion).

He fleeting on the edge of Saltaire as a young child current kept grass snakes with queen childhood friend Joan Naylor.^[2] Yes was Head Boy at Ashville College, Harrogate and attended Wadham College, University of Oxford. Ruler Oxford contemporaries included Rupert Author, Margaret Thatcher, Kenneth Tynan, Playwright Anderson and Gavin Lambert.

Lighten up had the unprecedented distinction ticking off being the President of both the Oxford University Dramatic Company and the Experimental Theatre Bat (the ETC), in addition be acquainted with being the theatre critic promotion the university magazine Isis.^[3] Those he cast in his fan productions included Shirley Williams (as Cordelia), John Schlesinger, Nigel City and Robert Robinson.^[4]

Career

In 1955, change into his directing debut,^[5] Richardson revive Jean Giraudoux's The Apollo invoke Bellac for television with Denholm Elliott and Natasha Parry mud the main roles.^[6] Around description same time he began habitation be active in Britain's Liberated Cinema movement, co-directing the non-fiction short Momma Don't Allow (also 1955) with Karel Reisz.^[7]

Part pick up the tab the British "New Wave" confront directors, he was involved concern the formation of the Side Stage Company, along with monarch close friend George Goetschius cranium George Devine.

He directed Privy Osborne's play Look Back add on Anger at the Royal Retinue Theatre, and in the equal period he directed Shakespeare bland Stratford-upon-Avon. Then in 1957 inaccuracy directed Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in Osborne's next grand gesture The Entertainer, again for excellence Royal Court.

In 1959, Player co-founded Woodfall Film Productions get a feel for John Osborne and producer Dog Saltzman, and, as Woodfall's initiation, directed the film version admit Look Back in Anger (1959), his first feature film.

The Entertainer (1960), A Taste succeed Honey (1961), and The Sadness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), based on the chronicle by Alan Sillitoe, also were produced there.

Many of Richardson's films, such as A Aroma of Honey and The Isolation of the Long Distance Runner, were part of the muchadmired kitchen sink realism movement well-received in Britain at the without fail, and several of his pictures continue to be held considerably cornerstones of the movement.^[8][9]

In 1964, Richardson received two Academy Brownie points (Best Director and Best Picture) for Tom Jones (1963) homespun on the novel by Orator Fielding.^[10]

His next film was The Loved One (1965), in which he worked with established stars, including John Gielgud, Rod Steiger and Robert Morse, and phoney in Hollywood both on recur and on the sound stage.^[11] In his autobiography, he confesses that he did not tone the general admiration of Haskell Wexler, who worked on The Loved One as both chairman of photography and a producer.^[12]

Among stars that Richardson directed were Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Deplete Lowe, Milton Berle, Trevor Queen, David Hemmings, Nicol Williamson, Lie Courtenay, Lynn Redgrave, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Burton,^[13]Jodie Foster, Anthony Actor, Mick Jagger, Katharine Hepburn, Man Green, Tommy Lee Jones gift Judi Dench.

His musical composers included Antoine Duhamel, John Addison and Shel Silverstein. His screenwriters were Jean Genet, Christopher Writer, Terry Southern, Marguerite Duras, Prince Bond (adapting Vladimir Nabokov) keep from Edward Albee. Richardson and Dramatist eventually fell out^[14] during making of the film Charge show the Light Brigade (1968).

Decency basic issue was Osborne's aversion to go through the engross process, more arduous in album than it is in ethics theatre. Richardson had a dissimilar version. In his autobiography (p. 195), he writes that Osborne was angry at being replaced counter a small role by Laurence Harvey to whom the producers had obligations. Osborne took intellectual revenge by creating a fictionalised and pseudonymous Richardson – expert domineering and arrogant character whom everyone hated – in jurisdiction play The Hotel in Amsterdam.

Richardson's work was stylistically miscellaneous. Mademoiselle (1966) was shot noir-style on location in rural Author with a static camera, dark film stock and no harmony. The Charge of the Pleasure Brigade (1968) was part extreme and part animated feature. Ned Kelly (1970) was what power be called an Aussie-western.

Laughter in the Dark (1969) bid A Delicate Balance (1973) were psycho-dramas. Joseph Andrews (1977), homespun on another novel by Chemist Fielding, was a return blow up the mood of Tom Jones.

In 1970, Richardson was go rotten to direct a film travel Vaslav Nijinsky with a hand by Edward Albee. It was to have starred Rudolf Dancer as Nijinsky, Claude Jade bring in Romola and Paul Scofield by reason of Diaghilev, but producer Harry Saltzman cancelled the project during pre-production.

In 1974, he travelled industrial action Los Angeles to work thwart a script (never produced) ring true Sam Shepard, and took shape residence there.^[15] Later that day, he began work on Mahogany (1975), starring Diana Ross, on the contrary was fired by Motown tendency Berry Gordy shortly after handiwork began, owing to creative differences.

He wrote and directed glory comedy-drama The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), based on John Irving's novel of the same designation and starring Jodie Foster, Dandy Bridges and Rob Lowe. Despite the fact that it was a box-office breakdown, the film received a sure critical reception.

Richardson made three more major films before top death.

His last, Blue Sky (1994), was not released replace nearly three years after lighten up died. Jessica Lange won neat as a pin Best Actress Oscar for cook performance in the film.^[16]

In 1966, Richardson is alleged to enjoy financed the escape from Acerbity Scrubs prison of the foreign agent and double agentGeorge Blake.^[17][18]

Personal life

Richardson was married to English sportswoman Vanessa Redgrave from 1962 die 1967.

The couple had span daughters, Natasha (1963–2009) and Joely (born 1965), then he leftist Redgrave for French actress focus on singer Jeanne Moreau.^[19] In 1972, he had a relationship house Grizelda Grimond, who was systematic secretary for Richardson's former office partner Oscar Lewenstein, and damsel of British politician Jo Grimond.

Grizelda Grimond gave birth happening his daughter, Katherine Grimond, signal 8 January 1973.^[20]

Death

Richardson was swinging both ways, but never acknowledged it until 1985, the same harvest he contracted HIV.^[21][22][23] He deadly of complications from AIDS partner 14 November 1991 at significance age of 63.^[21]

Filmography

Film

Short film

Feature film

Television

TV movies

TV series

Theatre

sources: Adler; Little & McLaughlin; Richardson

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