Richard Rose (director)
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Richard Rose CM (born January 18, 1955) is a Canadian theatre director, most noted as the former artistic director of the Toronto theatre companies Necessary Angel and Tarragon Theatre.[1]
Career
He was the founding artistic director of Necessary Angel in 1978.[1] The company's first production, Aeschylus's Oresteia, was not well-regarded by critics but telegraphed the company's high ambitions.[1]
Necessary Angel rose to critical and popular favour with the breakout success of John Krizanc's play Tamara in 1981,[4] which won numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 1982 including Best Director for Rose.[5] Following the success of Tamara, he collaborated with Thom Sokoloski, the artistic director of Theatre Autumn Leaf, to create Autumn Angel Repertory,[6] who won the Dora for Outstanding New Play in 1984 for Mein.[7]
In 1989 he attracted acclaim for his theatrical adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel Coming Through Slaughter, cowritten with Ondaatje and D.D. Kugler.[1] In 1992, Rose and Kugler debuted another stage adaptation, of Timothy Findley's novel Not Wanted on the Voyage.[8]
He also directed the short film Giant Steps, which screened at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival,[9] and served for three years as director of the youth company at the Stratford Festival.[1]
In 2002 he was appointed artistic director of Tarragon.[10] His role with the company was marked by brief controversy in 2012 when Michael Healey resigned as the company's playwright in residence after Rose declined to produce his play Proud,[1] but Rose remained with the company until his retirement in 2020.[11]
In 2024, he was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada. He lives in Toronto.[12]
Awards
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Mavor Moore Awards | 1982 | Outstanding Direction of a Play, General Theatre | Tamara | Won | [5] |
| 1983 | Best Original Play, General Theatre | Censored | Nominated | [13] | |
| 1984 | Mein with Stewart Arnott, Ines Ruchli, Mark Christmann, Dorian Clark, Denis Forest, Maggie Huculak, Tanja Jacobs, Susan McKenzie |
Won | [7] | ||
| 1989 | Outstanding Direction of a Play, General Theatre | The Possibilities | Nominated | [14] | |
| 1990 | Best Original Play, General Theatre | Coming Through Slaughter with Michael Ondaatje, D.D. Kugler |
Nominated | [15] | |
| Outstanding Direction of a Play, General Theatre | The Europeans | Nominated | [16] | ||
| 1993 | Outstanding Direction of a Play, Midsize Theatre | Glenn | Nominated | [17] | |
| 1996 | Seven Lears | Won | [18] | ||
| 1998 | Outstanding Direction of a Play, General Theatre | Inexpressible Island | Nominated | [19] | |
| 2004 | Remnants | Won | [20] | ||
| Simpl | Nominated | [21] | |||
| 2006 | Léo | Nominated | [22] | ||
| 2007 | Scorched | Won | [23] | ||
| 2010 | Courageous | Nominated | [24] | ||
| 2014 | A God in Need of Help | Nominated | [25] | ||
| 2015 | An Enemy of the People | Nominated | [26] | ||
| 2018 | Hamlet | Nominated | [27] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Craig Walker, "Richard Rose". The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 20, 2014.
- ↑ Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, "Rose, Richard". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, August 23, 2024.
- ↑ Robert Crew, "Rose puts fresh bloom on theatre". Toronto Star, December 31, 1998.
- ↑ Salem Alaton, "Tamara plays to a full house in all 20 rooms". The Globe and Mail, June 20, 1981.
- 1 2 Carole Corbeil, "An outstanding night for Tamara". The Globe and Mail, November 16, 1982.
- ↑ Carole Corbeil, "A new theatrical pairing". The Globe and Mail, December 7, 1982.
- 1 2 Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1984.
- ↑ "Findley novel headed for stage". Toronto Star, September 18, 1990.
- ↑ H. J Kirchhoff, "Festival ushers in 69 Canadian films". The Globe and Mail, July 30, 1992.
- ↑ "Tarragon Theatre names new artistic director". The Globe and Mail, June 12, 2002.
- ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Richard Rose set to retire from Tarragon Theatre". The Globe and Mail, June 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Appointments to the Order of Canada – December 18, 2024". 16 December 2024.
- ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1983.
- ↑ Isabel Vincent, "And the Dora nominees are . . .". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1989.
- ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.
- ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Dora nominations harvested from sparse crop of new plays". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1990.
- ↑ Liam Lacey, "Bob's Kingdom and Ratbag lead Dora nominees". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 1993.
- ↑ "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette, June 27, 1996.
- ↑ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1998.
- ↑ Kamal Al-Solaylee, "The Producers lost at box office but wins big at Dora awards". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 2004.
- ↑ Robert Cushman, "The Doras: and the winner is ...: Odd nominees make predictions difficult". National Post, June 26, 2004.
- ↑ Robert Cushman, "Some nods are inexplicable: A desperate season, a desperate slate of Dora nominees". National Post, June 24, 2006.
- ↑ Guy Dixon, "Scorched wins best play at Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2007.
- ↑ Robert Cushman, "Navigating the nominations; Our critic predicts Dora winners and laments overlooked performances". National Post, June 26, 2010.
- ↑ Robert Cushman, "Best in shows; The Doras have a weak field to choose from this year, but they've chosen well". National Post, June 21, 2014.
- ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper leads in Dora Award nods". The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2015.
- ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Soulpepper's 13 nominations lead general theatre division of Toronto's Dora Awards". The Globe and Mail, May 31, 2018.