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Rupert Goold
CBE
Goold in October 2019
Born(1972-02-18)18 February 1972(age 52)
Highgate,London, England
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
New York University
OccupationTheatre director
Years active1995–present
Spouse
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(m.2001)​
Children2

Rupert GooldCBE(born 18 February 1972)[1]is an English director who works primarily in theatre. He is the artistic director of theAlmeida Theatre,and was theartistic directorofHeadlong Theatre Company(2005–2013).[2]Since 2010, Goold has been an associate director at theRoyal Shakespeare Company.[3]He was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE) in the2017for services to drama.[4]

Goold is known for his extensive work in theatre. For his work in theWest Endhe won twoLaurence Olivier Awards for Best DirectorforMacbeth(2008) andEnron(2010). He was Olivier-nominated forKing Charles III(2015),Ink(2018), andDear England(2024). He receivedTony Award for Best Direction of a Playnominations forKing Charles III(2016) andInk(2019). He made his directorial film debut withJudy(2019).

Early years and education[edit]

Goold was born inHighgate,England, a suburb ofnorth London.His father was a management consultant, and his mother was an author of children's books.[5]He attended the independentUniversity College School,[6]graduated fromTrinity College, Cambridge,in 1994 with aFirstinEnglish literatureand studiedperformance studiesatNew York Universityon aFulbright Scholarship.He was trainee director atDonmar Warehousefor the 1995 season, and assisted on productions including'Art'andSpeed-the-Plowin the West End.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Goold was artistic director of theRoyal and Derngate TheatresinNorthamptonfrom 2000 to 2005. Prior to that, he was an associate at theSalisbury Playhousein 1996–97. In addition to his work as a director he has co-authored three adaptations for the stage. Goold directed SirPatrick Stewart(whom he had previously directed as Prospero, and later inRichard II) as Macbeth in his acclaimed Minerva Studio staging ofMacbethat theChichester Festival Theatrein May 2007.[7]

In September 2007, the production transferred to theGielgud Theatrein London, then theBrooklyn Academy of Music,New York and then to theLyceum Theateron Broadway. At the 2007Evening Standard Theatre Awards,Macbethwon two awards: Stewart won the Best Actor Award, while Goold won The Sydney Edwards Award for Best Director.[8]It also won Goold a 2008 Olivier Award for Best Director. He says he was not concerned with thoughts of a career anti-climax. "I came home to an empty house after the Olivier Awards, clutching my trophy for Best Director and I realised that I'd peaked. It was now going to be downhill all the way. But I still felt quite comfortable with the realisation that nothing could get better after this."[9]He later directed a 2010 BBC4 television film version ofMacbethusing Soviet-era Russian-type uniforms and weapons.[10]

In 2008, he directed the UK premiere ofStephen Adly Guirgis'sThe Last Days of Judas Iscariotand a radical re-interpretation ofPirandello'sSix Characters in Search of an Authorat the Chichester Festival which he co-authored withBen Power.This production subsequently transferred to the West End and toured the UK and later Australia. In 2009 he directed a hugely acclaimed West End revival ofLionel Bart'sOliver!Produced byCameron Mackintosh,Goold recreatedSam Mendes' direction for theLondon Palladiumproduction, which was nominated for three Olivier Awards.[11]In 2009, Goold directed a revival of Shakespeare'sKing Learat theYoung Vic.Goold set hisLearin Northern England during the 1970s, fascinated by the fact that during this decade, Britain was enduring the power of women. He approached the play with a drastically different view, and as a result this production received mixed reviews. In 2009, he again won Best Director at the Evening Standard Awards forENRON.[12]His opera credits include productions atBatignanoOpera Festival andGarsington.[13]

In the following years he directed a string of plays for theAlmeida Theatre,which include the musicalAmerican Psycho(2013), the new playKing Charles III(2014), the revivalsMedea(2015) andRichard III(2016), as well as the new playInk(2017).[14]Goold returned toBroadwaywith the transfer of the play,King Charles IIIwhich he previously directed in the West End. He earned a nomination for theTony Award for Best Direction of a Play.[15]The following year he directed the musical transfer,American Psychobased on the1991 novel of the same namebyBret Easton Ellis.[16]In 2019 he directed theBroadwaytransfer for theJames GrahamplayInkabout the rise ofRupert Murdochwhich ran at theSamuel J. Friedman Theatre.Goold received his second nomination for theTony Award for Best Direction.[17]That same year he directed the Almeida Theatre production ofThe Hunt(2019) starringTobias MenziesbyDavid Farrwhich was based on the2012 film of the same namedirectedThomas Vinterberg.[18]In 2021 he directed the musical revival ofSpring Awakeningon the West End.[19]

In 2022 he directed thePeter MorganplayPatriotsabout the rise ofVladimir Putin[20]and theElton JohnmusicalTammy Fayeabout the AmericanevangelistTammy Faye Messner.[21]The following year he directed the playDear Englandabout the England football managerGareth Southgate[22]andCold Warbased on the2018 film of the same namedirected byPaweł Pawlikowski,the former of which earned Goold a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Director.[23]In 2024 he directed the New York transfer ofThe Huntwhich ran atSt. Ann's Warehouse.[24]

Personal life[edit]

Goold is married to actressKate Fleetwood.[25]The couple met while working together on a production ofRomeo and Juliet.They have one son, Raphael, and a daughter, Constance.[5]

Credits[edit]

Theatre[edit]

Directing
Writing
  • The End of the Affair(1997) – a play with music, adapted with Caroline Butler, fromthe novelbyGraham Greene.The first production included music played by a pianist at the side of the stage, underscoring the text with some period songs sung by the cast. Goold and Butler removed the music from later productions and the play was published without musical interpolation in 2001.[38]
  • Faustus(2004) – adapted withBen PowerfromDr FaustusbyChristopher Marlowe
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author(2008) – adapted withBen Powerfrom the play byLuigi Pirandello

Film and television[edit]

Directing

Award and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 BAFTA TV Award Best Single Drama The Hollow Crown:Richard II Nominated [39]
2018 King Charles III Nominated [40]
2008 Laurence Olivier Award Best Director Macbeth Won [41]
2010 Enron Won [42]
2015 King Charles III Nominated [43]
2018 Ink Nominated [44]
2024 Dear England Nominated [45]
2016 Tony Awards Best Direction of a Play King Charles III Nominated [46]
2019 Ink Nominated [47]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Birthdays",The Guardian,p. 37, 18 February 2014
  2. ^Matt Trueman (8 February 2013)."Rupert Goold named as Almeida theatre's new artistic director".The Guardian.London.Retrieved28 February2013.
  3. ^rsc.org.ukArchived2 December 2008 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^"No. 61803".The London Gazette(Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N9.
  5. ^abEmma John (28 September 2008)."Going for Goold".The Observer.London.Retrieved4 December2008.
  6. ^"Interview with Alan Franks".Alanfranks. Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2013.Retrieved15 October2013.
  7. ^Cavendish, Dominic (16 July 2007)."Shakespeare is coursing through me".The Daily Telegraph.London. Archived fromthe originalon 26 December 2007.Retrieved23 May2010.
  8. ^"Winning performances on the West End stage".This Is London.co.Uk. 28 November 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 30 December 2007.Retrieved30 June2012.
  9. ^Al Senter."Rupert Goold profile".Director magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 28 August 2013.Retrieved30 June2012.
  10. ^"Macbeth with Sir Patrick Stewart: The Scottish play from stage to TV".BBC.Retrieved18 March2024.
  11. ^"Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards 2010 Winners Announced".londontheatre.co.uk.8 June 2016.
  12. ^"Winners of Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009".Standard.co.uk.Retrieved18 March2024.
  13. ^"Does Rupert Goold's Turandot really show him up?".The Guardian.Retrieved18 March2024.
  14. ^"Rupert Goold Theatre Credits".abouttheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  15. ^"King Charles III".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved18 March2024.
  16. ^"American Psycho (Broadway, 2016)".Playbill.Retrieved18 March2024.
  17. ^"Ink (Broadway, 2019)".Retrieved18 March2024.
  18. ^"The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre".aboutheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  19. ^"Spring Awakening at the Almeida Theatre".March 18, 2024.
  20. ^"Patriots at Almeida Theatre".abouttheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  21. ^"Tammy Faye".abouttheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  22. ^"Dear England".Abouttheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  23. ^"Cold War".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved18 March2024.
  24. ^"The Hunt at St. Ann's Warehouse".abouttheartists.Retrieved18 March2024.
  25. ^"The Tatler List > Rupert Goold".Tatler.Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2012.
  26. ^John Thaxter (14 February 2007)."The Stage / Reviews / The Glass Menagerie".Thestage.co.uk.Retrieved15 October2013.
  27. ^"The Merchant of Venice".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved19 January2019.
  28. ^"Gemma Arterton to star in Made in Dagenham musical".BBC.3 March 2014.Retrieved3 March2014.
  29. ^"2016/7 Season".Almeida Theatre.
  30. ^"Ink".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved19 January2019.
  31. ^"Ink".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved19 January2019.
  32. ^"Rupert Murdoch Story 'Ink' Sets Broadway Bow at Manhattan Theatre Club".30 April 2018.
  33. ^"Shipwreck".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved19 January2019.
  34. ^"The Hunt (London, 2019)".Playbill.Retrieved18 March2024.
  35. ^"The Hunt".St. Ann's Warehouse.Retrieved18 March2024.
  36. ^"Spring Awakening".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved1 January2022.
  37. ^"Cold War".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved13 December2023.
  38. ^Goold, Rupert (2001).The End of the Affair by Graham Greene, Adapted for the stage by Rupert Goold and Caroline Butler.London: Samuel French Ltd.ISBN0-573-01886-3.
  39. ^"TV Baftas 2013: all the winners".Guardian UK.12 May 2013.Retrieved13 May2013.
  40. ^Lanre Bakare (13 May 2018)."Bafta TV awards 2018: full list of winners".theguardian.
  41. ^"Olivier Winners 2008".officiallondontheatre.Society of London Theatre.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2021.Retrieved18 March2024.
  42. ^"Olivier Winners 2010".officiallondontheatre.Society of London Theatre.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2021.Retrieved18 March2024.
  43. ^"Olivier Winners 2015".officiallondontheatre.Society of London Theatre.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2021.Retrieved18 March2024.
  44. ^"Olivier Winners 2018".officiallondontheatre.Society of London Theatre.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2021.Retrieved18 March2024.
  45. ^"Olivier Winners 2024".officiallondontheatre.Society of London Theatre.Archivedfrom the original on 29 October 2021.Retrieved18 March2024.
  46. ^"King Charles III (Broadway, 2015)".Playbill.Retrieved18 March2024.
  47. ^"Ink (Broadway, 2018)".Playbill.Retrieved18 March2024.

External links[edit]

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