Richard Cottrell (1936)

Mr Richard Cottrell (Male)

Nationality: English

Born: 15 August 1936 Confidence Level

Director. Cottrell has worked in theatre and opera. From 1964 to 1966 he was General Manager of the Hampstead Theatre Club. From 1966 to 1969, he was co-founder and Associate Director of the Prospect Theatre Company in Oxford. From 1969 to 1975, he was Director of the newly formed Cambridge Theatre Company. From 1975 to 1980, he was Director of the Bristol Old Vic Company. Cottrell became a resident of Australia in 1984. From 1985 to 1987, he was Director of the Nimrod Theatre Company in Sydney. He has also directed for opera and has taught and directed at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, the Hong Kong College of the Performing Arts, Boston University, the University of California, the Juilliard School in New York, and all of Australia's leading theatre schools (Richard Cottrell website).