Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre, 1982
Programme Cover. Damon Runyon's Guys & Dolls at the National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 August 1982.
A musical fable of Broadway, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
Opened at The Olivier Theatre 9 March 1982.
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CH, CBE (Director) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. He 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. He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1973-78 where he commissioned and directed many new plays, including Trevor Griffiths' Comedians. Eyre was director of the National Theatre (which gained the now little-used prefix Royal during his time there) between 1987 and 1997. He had previously directed a noted 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.
David Toguri (Musical Staging) (25 October 1933, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-15 November 1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an award-winning Japanese-Canadian choreographer, director and actor, based for most of his career in the UK. He died of cancer.
Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre, 1982
Programme Cover. Damon Runyon's Guys & Dolls at the National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 August 1982.
A musical fable of Broadway, based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
Opened at The Olivier Theatre 9 March 1982.
Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CH, CBE (Director) is an English film, theatre, television and opera director. He 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. He was artistic director of Nottingham Playhouse from 1973-78 where he commissioned and directed many new plays, including Trevor Griffiths' Comedians. Eyre was director of the National Theatre (which gained the now little-used prefix Royal during his time there) between 1987 and 1997. He had previously directed a noted 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.
David Toguri (Musical Staging) (25 October 1933, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-15 November 1997, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an award-winning Japanese-Canadian choreographer, director and actor, based for most of his career in the UK. He died of cancer.