Nationality: English
Born: 27 January 1925
Died: 12 November 2000
Designer. Designing for sets, costume and lighting Bury worked primarily in theatre, on the West End and Broadway, and national and international opera (including works at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden). From 1946 to 1963 Bury worked with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, initially as an actor and later as Theatre Royal Stratford East's resident designer (where his work included the seminal production of Oh! What a Lovely War in 1963). From 1963-1968 he was Head of Design at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) where he played a key role in the design of the Barbican Theatre. In 1968 he moved to the National Theatre where he was Head of Design until 1985.
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Simon Trowbridge, The Company: a Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2013)
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This source provides a comprehensive index and brief biographies for key actors, directors, designers and writers who have worked regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Bury's entry can be found on pp. 83-84. An entry for Harold Pinter can be found on pp. 375-377.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/15/guardianobituaries
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Obituary by Timothy O'Brien for The Guardian, 15/11/00 [accessed 16 February 2018].