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| image = | birth_name = Richard Charles Hastings Eyredf=yes3|28}}| birth_place = Barnstaple, Devon, England| alma_mater = Peterhouse, Cambridge| occupation = Director, playwright| spouse = Sue Birtwistle| years_active = | website = Richard Eyre#Awards and nominations>Full list}}Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CH|CBE}} (born 28 March 1943) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. Eyre has received numerous accolades including three Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for six BAFTA Awards and two Tony Awards. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 News Year Honours, and knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours. Eyre started his career as the associate director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 1967 to 1972 before becoming the artistic director of the Royal National Theatre from 1987 to 1999. He has directed numerous West End productions earning received three Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Director for Guys and Dolls (1982), King Lear (1998), and Hedda Gabler (2006). He was also Olivier-nominated for Racing Demon (1989), Skylight (1995), John Gabriel Borkman (1997), Vincent in Brixton (2003), Mary Poppins (2005), and Ghosts (2014). For his work on Broadway he received Tony Award for Best Director nominations for The Judas Kiss (1998) and The Crucible (2002).He made his directorial film debut with The Ploughman's Lunch (1983). He went on to direct the dramas Iris (2001) and Notes on a Scandal (2005) earning nominations for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. On television directed and produced numerous episodes of Play for Today (1979–1981). He also directed The Cherry Orchard (1981), Tumbledown (1988), The Dresser (2015), and King Lear (2018).

Early life and education

Eyre was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England, the son of Richard Galfridus Hastings Giles Eyre and his wife, Minna Mary Jessica Royds.WEB,weblink Richard Eyre: The Force is weak — give me a dark play, The Sunday Times, March 24, 2024, He was educated at Sherborne School, an independent school for boys in the market town of Sherborne in northwest Dorset in southwest England, followed by Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge.WEB,weblink New Years Honour for Sir Richard Eyre, The Old Shirburnian, March 24, 2024, WEB,weblink Sir Richard Eyre, CBE awarded Companion of Honour, Peterhouse of Cambridge, March 24, 2024, Eyre became the first president of Rose Bruford College in July 2010."Rose Bruford College Appoints its first President", Rose Bruford College He gives "President's Lectures" at this drama school; his 2012 talk was entitled "Directing Shakespeare for BBC Television".WEB,weblink The President's Lecture 2012: Sir Richard Eyre on Directing Shakespeare for BBC Television, 27 July 2013, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121102030305weblink">weblink 2 November 2012, He lives in Brook Green, West London.

Career

1967–1986: Early theatre work

File:Royal Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street - geograph.org.uk - 1367432.jpg|thumb|right|Eyre was the associate director at the Royal Lyceum TheatreRoyal Lyceum TheatreEyre was Associate Director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 1967 to 1972. He won STV Awards for the Best Production in Scotland in 1969, 1970 and 1971. His productions at the Lyceum included Jack Ronder's adaptation of James Hogg's novel, Confessions of a Justified Sinner in August 1971.Confessions of a Justified Sinner theatre programme, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh, August 1971 He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1973–78 where he commissioned and directed many new plays, including the Trevor Griffiths play Comedians starring Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Rea, and Tom Wilkinson which was first performed in 1975.WEB,weblink Comedians, The Guardian, March 27, 2024, WEB,weblink Play for Today: Comedians, British Film Institute, BFI, March 27, 2024, Eyre worked as both a director and one of the producers of BBC's Play for Today between 1978 and 1980. He directed The Ploughman's Lunch (written by Ian McEwan) in 1983, which won the Evening Standard Award for Best Film. He returned to the BBC in 1988 to direct the Falklands War story Tumbledown (starring Colin Firth), which won him the BAFTA Award for Best Director and the Prix Italia.Prix Italia, Winners 1949 – 2010, RAI {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022124024weblink |date=22 October 2013 }} He has been the recipient of numerous directing awards including five Olivier Awards. In 1982 he won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director, for Guys and Dolls, and in 1997 for King Lear and Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. In 1997 he won an Olivier Lifetime Achievement Award, and awards from The Directors' Guild of Great Britain, the South Bank Show, the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle.

1987–1999: Royal National Theatre

File:The National Theatre, South Bank, London - geograph.org.uk - 1861458.jpg|thumb|left|Eyre was the artistic director of the National Theatre from 1987 to 1997.]]Eyre was artistic director of the UK's National Theatre (which gained the now little-used prefix Royal as outgoing director Peter Hall handed over to him) between 1987 and 1997. He had previously directed a well received revival of Guys and Dolls for the venue in 1982, with Olivier Award-winner Julia McKenzie and Bob Hoskins. He repeated this production in 1996 with Imelda Staunton and Joanna Riding. His diaries from his time at the National have been published as National Service, winning the 2003 Theatre Book Prize.WEB,weblink 2003 Theatre Book Prize, STR.org, March 24, 2024, Other than Guys and Dolls, his theatre productions include Hamlet (twice), with Jonathan Pryce at the Royal Court in 1980 and Daniel Day-Lewis in 1989; Richard III with Ian McKellen; King Lear with Ian Holm; Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana and Sweet Bird of Youth; Eduardo De Filippo's Napoli Milionaria and Le Grande Magia; Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman with Paul Scofield, Vanessa Redgrave and Eileen Atkins; Ibsen's Hedda Gabler with Eve Best; and numerous new plays by David Hare, Tom Stoppard, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Brenton, Alan Bennett, Christopher Hampton and Nicholas Wright.WEB,weblink Artist - Richard Eyre theatre credits, Abouttheartist, March 24, 2024, He made his Broadway debut directing the David Hare play Racing Demon earning a Tony Award for Best Play nomination. The following year he directed the Broadway transfer of Hare's play Skylight (1996). He directed Hare's play The Judas Kiss (1998) starring Liam Neeson and Tom Hollander on the West End and Broadway. The next year he directed Judi Dench in Hare's play Amy's View at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway which earned her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.WEB,weblink Artist - Richard Eyre theatre credits, Abouttheartist, March 24, 2024, Eyre has also directed operas. His debut was the 1994 production of La traviata at the Royal Opera House which starred Angela Gheorghiu and was conducted by Sir Georg Solti. This production was televised and has subsequently been released on video and DVD. Eyre was appointed to the Board of Governors of the BBC in November 1995, and in October 2000 was appointed for a second term of office, though he resigned early (with effect from 31 May 2003) due to theatre and film directing commitments."Sir Richard Eyre to leave BBC Board of Governors", BBC Press Office. Retrieved 14 December 2012. Eyre has written adaptations of Hedda Gabler and of Sartre's (Dirty Hands) as The Novice for the Almeida Theatre. A friend of Ian Charleson, whom he directed in acclaimed performances of Guys and Dolls and Hamlet, Eyre contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.Ian McKellen, Alan Bates, Hugh Hudson, et al. For Ian Charleson: A Tribute. London: Constable and Company, 1990. pp. 119–124.

2000–2009: Film director

File:Judi Dench at the BAFTAs 2007.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Eyre directed Dame Judi Dench in the films Iris (2001), and Notes on a Scandal (2006) for which she earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best ActressAcademy Award for Best ActressIn 2001 he directed the biographical drama Iris about writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch. The film covers her early life to her later years dealing with Alzheimers. Critics praised the film specifically citing the powerful performances from its four stars Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville.WEB,weblink Iris (2001), Rotten Tomatoes, March 24, 2024, Broadbent won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Iris, and Dench and Winslet were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.WEB,weblink 74th Academy Awards, Oscars.org, March 24, 2024, The following year he directed the Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play The Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Charles Isherwood of Variety wrote, "Eyre’s production has an earnest integrity to the text that firmly accentuates the play’s powerful aspects".WEB,weblink The Crucible, Variety, March 24, 2024, In 2006, he directed Notes on a Scandal, the film adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-nominated novel by Zoë Heller.WEB,weblink Notes on a Scandal, Rotten Tomatoes, March 24, 2024, The film starred Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, and Bill Nighy. James Christopher of The Times praised the film writing, "Eyre directs the film like a chamber play...his natural gift for framing scenes is terrifically assured. A potent and evil pleasure."NEWS,weblink Notes on a Scandal, 1 February 2007, 22 August 2009, The Times, UK, Christopher, James, The film was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film as well as two Academy Awards for Best Actress for Dench and Best Supporting Actress for Blanchett. He then directed the 2005 stage musical Mary Poppins for West End and Broadway. For his work on the former production he received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director nomination.WEB, Olivier Winners 2005, officiallondontheatre.com, Society of London Theatre,weblink 2024-03-27,weblink 2018-07-26, live, On 14 February 2007, Eyre's production of Nicholas Wright's The Reporter premiered at the National Theatre, London. The play explores the social climate in the years before James Mossman's death as well as the reasons for the death itself. He directed The Other Man (2008), an adaptation of a short story by Bernhard Schlink, starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, and Laura Linney.WEB,weblink The Other Man, Rotten Tomatoes, March 24, 2024, Eyre directed a new production of Bizet's opera Carmen for the Metropolitan Opera's 2009–10 season, starring Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna. He returned to the Met for the 2013–14 season where he created and directed a new production of Jules Massenet's Werther with Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch and returned to create and direct the 2014–15 season opening production, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro."James Levine's Figaro and The Met's Opening Night Make For a Bad Marriage" by James Jorden, The New York Observer, 24 September 2014 Eyre was planning to direct Jon Robin Baitz's stage adaptation of Hollywood legend Robert Evans' memoirs The Kid Stays in the Picture and its sequel, The Fat Lady Sang,"A Hollywood Player Inspires a Broadway Play" by Michael Cieply, The New York Times, 10 February 2010 but the project was cancelled by the producer.Haun, Harry "Plaibill on Opening Night: Private Lives – Keeping Up with the Chases" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419165412weblink |date=19 April 2012 }}, Playbill, 18 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

2010–present

His production of Noël Coward's Private Lives starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross opened at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in November 2011 following a run in Toronto. He directed The Dark Earth and The Light Sky for the Almeida Theatre, and The Pajama Game for the Chichester Festival Theatre. In 2012, he directed Henry IV, Part I and Part II as part of the BBC's The Hollow Crown series."Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston confirmed to play Henry IV and Henry V", BBC Media Centre, 5 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011. In November 2013, he once again won the Evening Standard Award for Best Director for Ibsen's Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre."London Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2013: how we chose the winners" – Best Director: Richard Eyre, by Libby Purves, London Evening Standard, 19 November 2013 This production moved to the West End.In the late 2010s, Eyre directed numerous projects for the screen. In 2015 he directed the television film The Dresser starring Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen based on the 1980 play of the same name by Ronald Harwood. It received positive reviews as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film nomination.WEB,weblink Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations, The Hollywood Reporter, March 24, 2024, He also directed the drama film The Children Act (2017), based on the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan and starring Emma Thompson. The following year he directed the BBC Two television film King Lear (2018) which starred Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh, and Jim Broadbent. It earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.WEB,weblink Outstanding Television Movie - 2019, Emmys.com, March 24, 2024, In 2021, Eyre directed Allelujah, a film adaptation of Allan Bennet's play of the same name which starred Jennifer Saunders, Bally Gill, Russell Tovey, David Bradley, Derek Jacobi, and Judi Dench.WEB,weblink Crowds Throng U.K.-Wide BFI London Film Festival – Global Bulletin, 25 October 2021, His play 'The Snail House' was premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2022.

Style and recognition

Eyre's archive is part of the performing arts collections at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas alongside friends and collaborators like David Hare, Ian McEwan, and Tom Stoppard. His papers include his personal journals, production scripts, annotated opera libretti, correspondence, photographs, posters, and theatre ephemera.WEB, Research Guide: Harry Ransom Center,weblink 2023-12-04, www.hrc.utexas.edu, He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=52767 |supp=y|page=8|date=30 December 1991}} and knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=54625||pages=1–2|date=30 December 1996}} receiving the honour on 4 March 1997.{{London Gazette|issue=55229|page=8993|date=18 August 1998}} He became a Patron of the Alzheimer's Research Trust in 2001.WEB,weblink Patrons - the leading UK research charity for dementia, 2011-10-04, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20101023211205weblink">weblink 23 October 2010, dmy-all, He was made an in 1998, and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Nottingham on 10 July 2008. He was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama.{{London Gazette|issue=61803|date=31 December 2016|page=N27|supp=1}}

Credits

Film {|class"wikitable"

! Year! Title ! Director! Writer! Producer ! NotesThe Ploughman's Lunch >|Loose Connections >|Singleton's Pluck >| Also known as: Laughterhouse Richard III (1995 film)>Richard III {{no}} {{yes}} {{no}} Iris (2001 film)>Iris {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}} Story by credit Stage Beauty >Executive}} Notes on a Scandal (film)>Notes on a Scandal {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}} Atonement (2007 film)>Atonement {{no}} {{no}} {{yes| The Other Man (2008 film)>The Other Man {{yes}} {{yes}} {{yes| The Children Act (film)>The Children Act {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}} Allelujah (film)>Allelujah {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}} ">

Television {|class"wikitable"

! Year! Title ! Director! Writer! Producer ! Notes! Ref.Play for Today >WEBSITE= THE GUARDIANWEBSITE= THE TELEGRAPHWEBSITE= MUBI, March 24, 2024, The Cherry Orchard (1981 film)>The Cherry Orchard {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}} BBC TV movie HTTPS://WWW.AVCLUB.COM/FILM/REVIEWS/THE-CHERRY-ORCHARD-1981>TITLE= THE CHERRY ORCHARD (1981)ACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Past Caring >WEBSITE= MUBI, March 24, 2024, Screen Two >WEBSITE= IMDB, March 24, 2024, Tumbledown >BBC TV movie >WEBSITE= BBC, March 24, 2024, Great Episodes >Suddenly, Last Summer" >WEBSITE= ROTTEN TOMATOES, March 24, 2024, Rockaby >WEBSITE= MUBI, March 24, 2024, Vincent in Brixton >WEBSITE= MUBI, March 24, 2024, 10 Minute Tales >WEBSITE= ENDORPRODUCTIONS, March 24, 2024, The Hollow Crown (TV series)>The Hollow Crown {{yes}} {{no}} {{no}} Episodes: "Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2>Part 2" HTTPS://WWW.PBS.ORG/WNET/GPERF/THE-HOLLOW-CROWN-SHAKESPEARES-HISTORY-PLAYS-ABOUT-THE-SERIES/1747/>TITLE= SHAKESPEARE'S “RICHARD II,” “HENRY IV, PARTS 1 AND 2,” AND “HENRY V"ACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, The Dresser (2015 film)>The Dresser {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}} BBC Two TV movie HTTPS://WWW.HOLLYWOODREPORTER.COM/TV/TV-REVIEWS/REVIEW-STARZS-DRESSER-STARRING-IAN-898297/>TITLE= ‘THE DRESSER’: TV REVIEWACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, King Lear (2018 film)>King Lear {{yes}} {{yes}} {{no}} BBC Two TV movie HTTPS://SLATE.COM/CULTURE/2018/09/ANTHONY-HOPKINS-KING-LEAR-RICHARD-EYRE.HTML>TITLE= ANTHONY HOPKINS’ KING LEAR IS CRACKING GOOD ENTERTAINMENTACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024,

Theatre

As a director{|class="wikitable"! Year! Title ! Playwright ! Venue! Ref.Trumpets and Drums >Bertolt Brecht >Nottingham Playhouse >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Guys and Dolls >Frank Loesser >Prince of Wales Theatre, Royal National Theatre>National Theatre HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/144496-GUYS-AND-DOLLS-AT-PRINCE-OF-WALES-THEATRE-1985-1986>TITLE= GUYS AND DOLLS AT PRINCE OF WALES THEATREACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Hamlet >William Shakespeare >Olivier Theatre, National Theatre >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, ''Skylight (play)'' >David Hare Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/52733-SKYLIGHT-AT-COTTESLOE-THEATRE-MAY-4-1995>TITLE= SKYLIGHT AT COTTESLOE THEATREACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre>Royale Theatre, Broadway HTTPS://WWW.PLAYBILL.COM/PRODUCTION/SKYLIGHT-ROYALE-THEATRE-VAULT-0000010192>TITLE= SKYLIGHT (1996, BROADWAY)ACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Racing Demon (play)>Racing Demon David Hare (playwright) >Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, John Gabriel Borkman >Henrik Ibsen >Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, King Lear >Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, The Invention of Love >Tom Stoppard >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, 1998 rowspan=2The Judas Kiss (play)>The Judas Kiss rowspan=3Almeida Theatre, West End >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, ACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Amy's View >Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, The Crucible >Arthur Miller >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, Vincent in Brixton rowspan=2Nicholas Wright (playwright)>Nicholas Wright Wyndham's Theatre, National Theatre HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/140677-VINCENT-IN-BRIXTON-AT-COTTESLOE-THEATRE-AND-OTHERS-2002-2003>TITLE= VINCENT IN BRIXTONACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, John Golden Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, Hedda Gabler >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, ''Mary Poppins (musical)'' >Julian Fellowes Prince Edward Theatre, West End HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/160871-MARY-POPPINS-AT-PRINCE-EDWARD-THEATRE-2004-2008>TITLE= MARY PIPPINS AT PRINCE EDWARD THEATREACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, New Amsterdam Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, Private Lives rowspan=2Noël Coward >Vaudeville Theatre, West End >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Music Box Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, The Dark Earth and the Light Sky >Nick Dear >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Quartermaine's Terms >Wyndham's Theatre, West End >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, 2013–2015 rowspan=2Ghosts (play)>Ghosts rowspan=3Henrik Ibsen >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Brooklyn Academy of Music >| Little Eyolf >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, 2018 rowspan=2Long Day's Journey Into Night >Eugene O'Neill Wyndham's Theatre, West End HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/106100-LONG-DAYS-JOURNEY-INTO-NIGHT-AT-WYNDHAMS-THEATRE-2018>TITLE= LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHTACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Brooklyn Academy of Music >| My Name is Lucy Barton rowspan=2Rona Munro >WEBSITE= ABOUTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway >WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, The Bay at Nice >WEBSITE= ABOUTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, Blithe Spirit (play)>Blithe Spirit Noël Coward Duke of York's Theatre, West End HTTPS://WWW.ABOUTTHEARTISTS.COM/PRODUCTIONS/150573-BLITHE-SPIRIT-AT-DUKE-OF-YORKS-THEATRE-AND-OTHERS-2020-2021>TITLE= BLITHE SPIRITACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, A Voyage Round My Father >John Mortimer >WEBSITE= ABOUTTHEARTIST, March 24, 2024, ">

Awards and nominations {|class"wikitable"

! Year! Association ! Category ! Project! Result! Ref.1987 rowspan=3British Academy Television Awards >British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama >Screen Two: The Insurance Man>HTTPS://AWARDS.BAFTA.ORG/AWARD/1987/TELEVISION>TITLE= TELEVISION IN 1987ACCESSDATE= MARCH 24, 2024, Past Caring >| {{nom}} Tumbledown >WEBSITE= AWARDS.BAFTA.ORG, March 24, 2024, 2001 rowspan=3British Academy Film Awards >BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film>Outstanding British Film rowspan=2Iris (2001 film)>Iris {{nom}} rowspan=2WEBSITE= AWARDS.BAFTA.ORG, March 24, 2024, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay>Best Adapted Screenplay {{nom}} Notes on a Scandal >WEBSITE= AWARDS.BAFTA.ORG, March 24, 2024, Laurence Olivier Awards rowspan=9Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director>Best Director Guys and Dolls {{won}} OLIVIER WINNERS 1982 >WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE >URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1982/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180318054622/HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1982/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, Racing Demon (play)>Racing Demon / The Voysey Inheritance {{nom}} OLIVIER WINNERS 1989 >WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE >URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1989/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180318054622/HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1989/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, Skylight (play)>Skylight / La Grande Magia {{nom}} OLIVIER WINNERS 1996 >WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE >URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1996/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180318054622/HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-1996/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, John Gabriel Borkman >PUBLISHER=SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-24 ARCHIVE-DATE=2018-03-18, live, King Lear >PUBLISHER=SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-24 ARCHIVE-DATE=2018-03-18, live, Vincent in Brixton >PUBLISHER=SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-24 ARCHIVE-DATE=2018-03-18, live, Mary Poppins (musical)>Mary Poppins {{nom}} OLIVIER WINNERS 2005 >WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE >URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-2005/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180318054622/HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-2005/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, Hedda Gabler >PUBLISHER=SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-24 ARCHIVE-DATE=2018-03-18, live, Ghosts (play)>Ghosts {{nom}} OLIVIER WINNERS 2014 >WEBSITE=OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE >URL=HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-2014/ ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180318054622/HTTPS://OFFICIALLONDONTHEATRE.COM/OLIVIER-AWARDS/WINNERS/OLIVIER-WINNERS-2014/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, Tony Award rowspan=2Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play>Best Direction of a Play Judas Kiss {{nom}} rowspan=4WEBSITE= PLAYBILL, March 24, 2024, The Crucible {{nom}} Drama Desk Award >| {{nom}} Drama League Award >Excellence in Directing {{won}}

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External links

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• Eyre interviewed by Ginny Dougary {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222231846weblink |date=22 February 2007 }} (2002)

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