deborah warner richard ii

Deborah Warner will succeed Tom Stoppard as the 27th Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University. She is known for her work on The Last September (1999), Performance (1992) and Richard II (1997).

Recounting her experience of working with Shaw, Warner reflects on the intricacies of Richard II’s character when ‘gender falls away’. But to their dismay, so far it has not been taken up.

; Regie: Deborah Warner, Fiona Shaw (TV-Regie). At a moment of such change and uncertainty in Britain and beyond, the nurture and encouragement of future generations of theatre-makers seems more important than ever.

Deborah Warner was born on May 12, 1959 in Oxfordshire, England. Deborah Warner discusses her controversial 1995 staging of Richard II at the National Theatre and the subsequent film adaptation starring Fiona Shaw in the title role.

Access Restriction: Restricted for use by site license. Deborah Warner discusses her controversial 1995 staging of Richard II at the National Theatre and the subsequent film adaptation starring Fiona Shaw in the title role.

The renowned director of theatre and opera will take up the post in January 2019. RICHARD II.

Richard II “A fascinating and significant production” British Theatre Guide “Rich” The Bardathon Deborah Warner’s staging of Richard II with Fiona Shaw as the king stirred up a significant critical controversy when it was presented in 1995 at the National Theatre, and then later in Salzburg and Paris.

Ms. Warner and Ms. Shaw had hoped their "Richard II" would go to New York, where neither has yet worked. Deborah Warner, Director: The Last September. Deborah Warner said: “I am delighted and honoured to follow such an illustrious list of chair-holders, and take up the 2019 Cameron Mackintosh Chair of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford.

; (DT+ viewed May 4, 2020) Contributor: Digital Theatre. Notes: Making Richard II with Deborah Warner (Interview).