Editing Tony Richardson

{{Short description|English theatre and film director (1928–1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Tony Richardson
| image              =
| birth_name         = Cecil Antonio Richardson
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|6|5}}
| birth_place        = [[Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|11|14|1928|6|5}}
| death_place        = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place      =
| occupation         = {{hlist|Director|producer|screenwriter}}
| yearsactive        = 1952–1991
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Vanessa Redgrave]]|1962|1967|reason=divorced}}
| children           = 3, including [[Natasha Richardson|Natasha]] and [[Joely Richardson|Joely]]
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Daisy Bevan]] (granddaughter) | [[Micheál Richardson]] (grandson)}}
}}
'''Cecil Antonio Richardson''' (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "[[angry young men]]" group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the [[British New Wave]] filmmaking movement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Richardson, Tony (1928-1991) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/451352/index.html |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

His films ''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]'' (1959), ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960), ''[[A Taste of Honey (film)|A Taste of Honey]]'' (1961), and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]'' (1962) are considered classics of [[kitchen sink realism]].<ref name=":0" /> He won the 1964 [[Academy Awards]] for [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] for the film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''. He was also a two-time [[BAFTA Award]] winner, and was twice nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]].

With his wife [[Vanessa Redgrave]], Richardson was the father to actresses [[Natasha Richardson]] and [[Joely Richardson]].

== Early life ==
Richardson was born in [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]], West Riding of Yorkshire in 1928 to Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist, and his wife, Elsie Evans (née Campion). He lived on the edge of [[Saltaire]] as a young child and kept grass snakes with his childhood friend Joan Naylor.<ref>Richardson, pp 1–5</ref> He was [[Head Boy]] at [[Ashville College]], [[Harrogate]] and attended [[Wadham College, Oxford|Wadham College, University of Oxford]]. His Oxford contemporaries included [[Rupert Murdoch]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Kenneth Tynan]], [[Lindsay Anderson]] and [[Gavin Lambert]]. He had the unprecedented distinction of being president of both the [[Oxford University Dramatic Society]] and the [[Experimental Theatre Club]] (the ETC), in addition to being the theatre critic for the university magazine ''[[Isis magazine|Isis]]''.<ref>Richardson, p.45</ref> Those he cast in his student productions included [[Shirley Williams]] (as Cordelia), [[John Schlesinger]], [[Nigel Davenport]] and [[Robert Robinson (broadcaster)|Robert Robinson]].<ref>Adler, p.26</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Tony Richardson's house.jpg|thumb|Richardson's house from 1928 to 1948, 28 Bingley Road, Saltaire, Shipley]]
In 1955, in his directing debut,<ref>David Parkinson, 'Richardson, Cecil Antonio [Tony] (1928–1991)', ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2004</ref> Richardson produced [[Jean Giraudoux]]'s ''[[The Apollo of Bellac]]'' for television with [[Denholm Elliott]] and [[Natasha Parry]] in the main roles.<ref name=times>"Giraudoux Play on Television 'The Apollo of Bellac'", ''[[The Times]]'', 13 August 1955</ref> Around the same time he began to be active in Britain's [[Free Cinema]] movement, co-directing the non-fiction short ''[[Momma Don't Allow]]'' (also 1955) with [[Karel Reisz]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Momma Don't Allow (1956) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e93c9d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809193436/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e93c9d |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

Part of the [[British New Wave|British "New Wave"]] of directors, he was involved in the formation of the English Stage Company, along with his close friend George Goetschius and [[George Devine]]. He directed [[John Osborne]]'s play ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], and in the same period he directed Shakespeare in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]. Then in 1957 he directed [[Laurence Olivier]] as Archie Rice in Osborne's next play ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'', again for the Royal Court.

In 1959, Richardson co-founded [[Woodfall Film Productions]] with [[John Osborne]] and producer [[Harry Saltzman]], and, as Woodfall's debut, directed the film version of ''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]'' (1959), his first feature film. ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]'' (1960), ''[[A Taste of Honey (film)|A Taste of Honey]]'' (1961), and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]'' (1962), based on the novel by [[Alan Sillitoe]], also were produced by Woodfall.
[[File:Richardson plaque.jpg|thumb|[[British Film Institute|BFI]] plaque commemorating Richardson's contribution to cinema]]
Many of Richardson's films, such as ''A Taste of Honey'' and ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'', were part of the acclaimed [[kitchen sink realism]] movement popular in Britain at the time, and several of his films continue to be held as cornerstones of the movement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Richardson & The Kitchen Sink |url=http://make-a-noise.net/1/post/2019/08/tony-richardson-the-kitchen-sink.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Make A Noise! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=10 essential films from the 'Kitchen sink realism' movement |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kitchen-sink-realism-movement-10-best-films/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1964, Richardson received two [[Academy Awards]] (Best Director and Best Picture) for ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963) based on the novel by [[Henry Fielding]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 November 1991 |title=Tony Richardson; Leading Film Director for 30 Years |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-15-mn-1455-story.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In the same year he joined the ''Who Killed Kennedy Committee?'' set up by [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Bertrand |title=Autobiography |date=1998 |publisher=Routledge |page=707}}</ref>

His next film was ''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' (1965), in which he worked with established stars, including [[John Gielgud]], [[Rod Steiger]] and [[Robert Morse]], and worked in Hollywood both on location and on the sound stage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=12 October 1965 |title=Screen: A Searing Look at the Funeral Profession:Waugh's 'Loved One' Adapted to Film |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/10/12/archives/screen-a-searing-look-at-the-funeral-professionwaughs-loved-one.html |access-date=29 August 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In his autobiography, he confesses that he did not share the general admiration of [[Haskell Wexler]], who worked on ''The Loved One'' as both [[director of photography]] and a producer.<ref>Richardson, p. 163</ref>

Among stars that Richardson directed were [[Jeanne Moreau]], [[Orson Welles]], [[Rob Lowe]], [[Milton Berle]], [[Trevor Howard]], [[David Hemmings]], [[Nicol Williamson]], [[Tom Courtenay]], [[Lynn Redgrave]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Richard Burton]],<ref>Until dismissed by Richardson for repeatedly failing to show up on set as contracted (Richardson, pp. 212–3)</ref> [[Jodie Foster]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Seth Green]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]] and [[Judi Dench]]. His musical composers included [[Antoine Duhamel]], [[John Addison]] and [[Shel Silverstein]]. His screenwriters were [[Jean Genet]], [[Christopher Isherwood]], [[Terry Southern]], [[Marguerite Duras]], [[Edward Bond]] (adapting [[Vladimir Nabokov]]) and [[Edward Albee]]. Richardson and Osborne eventually fell out<ref>Heilpern, pp.346–51</ref> during production of the film ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968). The basic issue was Osborne's unwillingness to go through the rewrite process, more arduous in film than it is in the theatre. Richardson had a different version. In his autobiography (p.&nbsp;195), he writes that Osborne was angry at being replaced in a small role by [[Laurence Harvey]] to whom the producers had obligations. Osborne took literary revenge by creating a fictionalised and pseudonymous Richardson – a domineering and arrogant character whom everyone hated – in his play ''The Hotel in Amsterdam''.

Richardson's work was stylistically varied. ''[[Mademoiselle (1966 film)|Mademoiselle]]'' (1966) was shot noir-style on location in rural France with a static camera, [[Black and white#Media|monochrome film stock]] and no music. ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968) was part epic and part animated feature. ''[[Ned Kelly (1970 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' (1970) was what might be called an Aussie-western. ''[[Laughter in the Dark (film)|Laughter in the Dark]]'' (1969) and ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1973) were psycho-dramas. ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]'' (1977), based on another novel by Henry Fielding, was a return to the mood of ''Tom Jones''.

In 1970, Richardson was set to direct a film about [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] with a script by Edward Albee. It was to have starred [[Rudolf Nureyev]] as Nijinsky, [[Claude Jade]] as [[Romola de Pulszky|Romola]] and [[Paul Scofield]] as [[Diaghilev]], but producer [[Harry Saltzman]] cancelled the project during pre-production.

In 1974, he travelled to Los Angeles to work on a script (never produced) with [[Sam Shepard]], and took up residence there.<ref>Richardson, p.&nbsp;242.</ref> Later that year, he began work on ''[[Mahogany (1975 film)|Mahogany]]'' (1975), starring [[Diana Ross]], but was fired by [[Motown]] head [[Berry Gordy]] shortly after production began, owing to creative differences.

He wrote and directed the comedy-drama ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire (film)|The Hotel New Hampshire]]'' (1984), based on [[John Irving]]'s [[The Hotel New Hampshire|novel of the same name]] and starring [[Jodie Foster]], [[Beau Bridges]] and [[Rob Lowe]]. Although it was a box-office failure, the film received a positive critical reception.

Richardson made four more major films before his death. His last, ''[[Blue Sky (1994 film)|Blue Sky]]'' (1994), was not released for nearly three years after he died. [[Jessica Lange]] won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Sky: the 1990s nuclear drama that won Jessica Lange her second Oscar |date=19 January 2021 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/blue-sky-jessica-lange-oscar |access-date=29 August 2022 |publisher=British Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>

In 1966, Richardson is alleged to have financed the escape from [[Wormwood Scrubs prison]] of the spy and [[double agent]] [[George Blake]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10116541/John-Quine.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10116541/John-Quine.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John Quine |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=8 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/cold-war-superspy-george-blake-who-escaped-from-a-uk-jail-and-became-a-russian-hero-dies-at-98-39902931.html |title=Cold War 'superspy' George Blake, who escaped from a UK jail and became a Russian hero, dies at 98 |date=26 December 2020 |work=Irish Independent |access-date=28 December 2020 |quote=On the night of October 25, 1966, the trio (financed by Oscar-winning movie director Tony Richardson)}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Richardson was married to English actress [[Vanessa Redgrave]] from 1962 to 1967. The couple had two daughters, [[Natasha Richardson|Natasha]] (1963–2009) and [[Joely Richardson|Joely]] (born 1965), then he left Redgrave for French actress and singer [[Jeanne Moreau]].<ref>needs substantiation</ref> In 1972, he had a relationship with Grizelda Grimond, who was a secretary for Richardson's former business partner [[Oscar Lewenstein]], and the daughter of British politician [[Jo Grimond]]. Grizelda Grimond gave birth to his daughter, Katherine Grimond, on 8 January 1973.<ref>Richardson, p.233</ref>

In 1964 Richardson joined the ''Who Killed Kennedy Committee?'' set up by [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Bertrand |title=Autobiography |date=1998 |publisher=Routledge |page=707}}</ref>

==Death==
Richardson was bisexual, but never acknowledged it publicly until 1985, the same year he contracted HIV.<ref name="Bisexual Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=13 June 2016 |title=Vanessa Redgrave on why she was ready to die: 'Trying to live was getting too tiring' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/13/vanessa-redgrave-interview-simon-hattenstone |access-date=2 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nikkhah |first=Roya |date=21 May 2011 |title=Joely Richardson breaks silence over family scandal claims |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8528042/Joely-Richardson-breaks-silence-over-family-scandal-claims.html |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2011 |title=The Tumultuous Tony Richardson |url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/the-tumultuous-tony-richardson/ |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=Legacy |language=en-US}}</ref> He died of complications from AIDS on 14 November 1991 at the age of 63.<ref name="Bisexual Guardian" />

==Filmography==
===Film===
'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Writer
! Notes
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Momma Don't Allow]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Co-directed with [[Karel Reisz]]
|-
| 1967
| ''Red and Blue''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| Segment of ''[[Red, White and Zero]]''
|-
| 1990
| ''Hills Like White Elephants''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| Segment of ''[[Women & Men: Stories of Seduction]]''
|}

'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Writer
! width="65" |Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Look Back in Anger (1959 film)|Look Back in Anger]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1960
| ''[[The Entertainer (1960 film)|The Entertainer]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1961
| ''[[Sanctuary (1961 film)|Sanctuary]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[A Taste of Honey (film)|A Taste of Honey]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]<br>[[Academy Award for Best Director]]
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Girl with Green Eyes]]''
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Mademoiselle (1966 film)|Mademoiselle]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Sailor from Gibraltar]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1969
| ''[[Laughter in the Dark (film)|Laughter in the Dark]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Ned Kelly (1970 film)|Ned Kelly]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Dead Cert (1974 film)|Dead Cert]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Mahogany (film)|Mahogany]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| Uncredited; replaced by [[Berry Gordy]]
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[The Border (1982 film)|The Border]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire (film)|The Hotel New Hampshire]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Blue Sky (1994 film)|Blue Sky]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|}

===Television===
'''TV movies'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Producer
|-
| 1952
| ''The Sound of Stillness''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| 1954
| ''Parliament of Science''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1955
| ''It Should Happen to a Dog''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| ''Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| ''Othello''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| 1956
| ''The Gambler''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
| 1978
| ''[[A Death in Canaan]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Penalty Phase]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|-
| 1988
| ''Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
|}

'''TV series'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width="65" |Director
! width="65" |Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1952
| ''Happy and Glorious''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1953
| ''Wednesday Theatre''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Episodes "Curtain Down" and "Box for One"
|-
| rowspan=3|1955
| ''You Know What People Are''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''Appointment with Drama''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Episodes "The Rivals", "The Birthday Present", "Absence of Mind" and<br>"[[The Apollo of Bellac]]"
|-
| ''BBC Sunday-Night Theatre''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Episodes "Markheim", "The Makepeace Story #1: The Ruthless Destiny",<br>"The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation" and<br>"The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business"
|-
| rowspan=2|1956
| ''Tales from Soho''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''ITV Play of the Week''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| Episode ''[[Look Back in Anger]]''
|-
| 1957
| ''Theatre Night''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| Episode ''[[The Member of the Wedding]]''
|-
| 1960
| ''BBC Sunday-Night Play''
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Episode ''A Subject of Scandal and Concern''
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1990 miniseries)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| 2 episodes
|-
|}

==Theatre==
''sources: Adler; Little & McLaughlin; Richardson''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Play !! House !! City !! Run
|-
| 1954 || ''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]'' || [[Wyndham's]] || London || 1 performance
|-
| rowspan=2|1955 || ''[[The Country Wife]]'' || [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]] || London || 3 weeks
|-
| ''[[Mr Kettle & Mrs Moon]]''<ref>Richardson was fired by the author [[J.B. Priestley]], who took over directing himself</ref> || [[Duchess Theatre|Duchess]] || London ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1956 || ''The Mulberry Bush''<ref name="asstgeorge">As Asst. to [[George Devine]]</ref> || [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] || London ||
|-
| ''[[The Crucible]]''<ref name="asstgeorge" /> || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' || Royal Court || London ||  151 performances
|-
| ''Cards of Identity'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| rowspan=9|1957 || rowspan=2|''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' || [[John Golden Theatre|John Golden]], [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum]] || New York ||  1 year
|-
| || Moscow ||
|-
| ''[[The Member of the Wedding]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'' || Royal Court || London || 4 weeks
|-
| ''[[The Apollo of Bellac]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[The Chairs]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'' || [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace]] || London || 6 months
|-
| ''The Making of Moo'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[Requiem for a Nun]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1958 || ''[[The Entertainer (play)|The Entertainer]]'' || [[Royale Theatre|Royale]] || New York ||
|-
| ''[[The Chairs]]'' & ''[[The Lesson]]'' || Phoenix || New York || 17 performances
|-
| ''Flesh to a Tiger'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre|Pericles]]'' || [[Shakespeare Memorial Theatre]] || Stratford-on-Avon ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1959 || ''[[Othello]]''<ref>Starring [[Paul Robeson]]</ref> || Shakespeare Memorial Theatre || Stratford-on-Avon ||
|-
| ''[[Orpheus Descending]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Look After Lulu!]]'' || Royal Court || London || 45 performances
|-
| [[Noël Coward Theatre|New]] || London || 5 months
|-
| rowspan=2|1960 || rowspan=2|''[[A Taste of Honey]]'' ||  || Los Angeles ||
|-
| [[Booth Theater|Booth]], [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum]] || New York || 376 performances
|-
| rowspan=3|1961 || ''[[The Changeling (play)|The Changeling]]'' || Royal Court || London ||
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]'' || Royal Court<ref>Also Nottingham, Paris, Amsterdam, Edinburgh Festival</ref> || London || 28 performances
|-
| [[Phoenix Theatre (London)|Phoenix]] || London || 239 performances
|-
| rowspan=2|1962 || ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' || Royal Court || London || 29 performances
|-
| ''[[Semi-Detached (play)|Semi-Detached]]'' || [[Saville Theatre|Saville]] || London ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1963 || ''Natural Affection'' || Booth || New York || 31 performances
|-
| ''[[Luther (play)|Luther]]'' || [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre|Lunt-Fontanne]], [[St. James Theatre|St. James]]  || New York || 6 months
|-
| ''[[Semi-Detached (play)|Semi-Detached]]'' || [[Music Box Theatre|Music Box]] || New York || 12 performances
|-
| ''[[Arturo Ui]]'' || Lunt-Fontanne  || New York || 8 performances
|-
| rowspan=3|1964 || ''[[The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore]]''<ref>Starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]]</ref> || [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre|Brooks Atkinson]]  || New York || 5 performances
|-
| ''[[The Seagull]]'' || [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] || London ||
|-
| ''[[St Joan of the Stockyards]]'' || Queen's Theatre || London || 3 weeks
|-
| rowspan=2|1969 || rowspan=2|''[[Hamlet]]'' || [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] || London || 10 weeks
|-
| Lunt-Fontanne  || New York<ref>Also toured</ref> || 52 performances
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' || [[Prince of Wales Theatre|Prince of Wales]] || London ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1972 || ''[[I, Claudius#Theatre|I, Claudius]]'' || Queen's Theatre || London ||
|-
| ''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]'' || Bankside Globe Playhouse || London ||
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Lady from the Sea]]'' || [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] || New York ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[As You Like It]]'' || Center Theatre || Long Beach ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Toyer'' || [[Kennedy Center]] || Washington ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Dreamhouse'' || L.A. Stage Co. || Hollywood ||
|-
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Tony |title=The Long Distance Runner: A Memoir |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |year=1993 |location=London |isbn= 978-0688121013}}
* {{cite book |last=Heilpern |first=John |author-link=John Heilpern |title=John Osborne: A Patriot for Us |publisher=[[Chatto & Windus]] |location=London |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7011-6780-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/johnosbornepatri0000heil}}
* {{cite book |author1=Little, Ruth |author2=McLaughlin, Emily |name-list-style=amp |title=The Royal Court Theatre Inside Out |publisher=Oberon Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-84002-763-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Adler |first=Tim |title=The House of Redgrave |publisher=Aurum |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-84513-623-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/houseofredgravel0000adle}}

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* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/451352/index.html BFI: Tony Richardson]

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