Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 - 15 May 1971) was a British theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada and the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sir is an honorary title. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Exterior of the Straford Festival The Stratford Festival of Canada is a summer-long celebration of theatre. ... The Guthrie Theater is a venue for staging plays in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota in the United States and the county seat of Hennepin County. ...

Guthrie was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England the son of Dr. Thomas Guthrie, and Norah Power Grand-daughter of the Irish actor Tyrone Power. He received a degree in history at Oxford University, where he as active in student theatre, and worked for a season at the newly-established Oxford Playhouse. Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... William Henry Grattan Tyrone Power (1795–March 17, 1841) known professionally as Tyrone Power was an Irish stage actor, comedian, author, and theatrical manager. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

In 1924 Guthrie joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a broadcaster and began to produce plays for radio. This led to a year directing for the stage with the Scottish National Players, before returning to the BBC to become one of the first writers to create plays designed for radio performance. From 1929-1933 he directed at various theatres, including Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, in 1932. For 1933-1934 and 1936-1945 he was the directory of the Shakespeare Repertory Company. This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ... Radio drama (audio drama), which had its greatest popularity in the U. S. and in most other countries before the spread of television, depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story in her or his minds eye. It resembles reading, in some ways...

In the forties Guthrie began to direct operas, to critical acclaim, including a reaslistic Carmen at Sadler’s Wells and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1953 he was invited to direct the first season of the Stratford Festival of Canada, and continued to do so for four years, becoming a strong influence in the development of Canadian theatre. In 1963 he founded the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was modelled after the Stratford Theatre. Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... The Metropolitan Opera is located at Lincoln Center in New York, New York. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Guthrie Theater is a venue for staging plays in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota in the United States and the county seat of Hennepin County. ...

In the prologue to his biography James Forsyth wrote: Anti-Broadway, anti-West End, anti everything implied in the term 'Legitimate Theatre', he ended up with a legitimate claim to the title of 'most important, British-born theatre director of his time. Peter Hall wrote: Among the great originators in British Theatre...Guthrie was a towering figure in every sense. He blazed a trail for the subsidised theatre of the sixties. He showed how to run a company and administer a theatre. And he was a brilliant and at times great director... Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. ...

Guthrie wrote two major books about the creation of effective drama: Theatre Prospect (1932) and A Life in the Theatre (1959). Guthrie was married to Judith Bretherton, who survived him by only a year. He was knighted in 1961 and died in Newbliss, County Monaghan, Ireland in his 71st year. Monaghan (Irish: Contae Muineachán) is a county in the Republic of Ireland. ...

External links

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