Michael bogdanov biography

Michael Bogdanov was.
Michael Bogdanov (15 December 1938 – 16 April 2017) was a British theatre director known for his work with new plays, modern reinterpretations of Shakespeare.
Michael Bogdanov was born on December 15, 1938 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a director and writer, known for A Light in the Valley (1998).

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Michael Bogdanov

Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 1982 - Director of the Year

Michael BogdanovUncle Vanya

winner

Olivier Awards - 1979 - Director of the Year

Michael Bogdanov, The Taming Of The Shrew

News

Chicago Teacher is Honoring the 400th Anniversary Of Shakespeare's First Folio
by Stephi Wild - Aug 17, 2023

Hart, of Andersonville, has been training actors of all levels since she began teaching in 2006. She taught for five years at the acclaimed Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, as well as at Loyola University, Notre Dame University Summer Shakespeare, and Act One Conservatory. She has served as text coach for Chicago Shakespeare, Strawdog Theatre and Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame, and her directing credits include Macbeth at City Lit Theatre and Falstaff's Dream at Notre Dame.

Michael Pennington Leads THE TEMPEST At Jermyn Street Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2020

This March, one of the leading Shakespearean actors of his generation, Michael Pennington, is to play Prospero for the first time in Jermy

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Theatre director Michael Bogdanov dies aged 78

Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, said Bogdanov was passionate about the arts in Wales and was always challenging audiences.

The National Theatre paid tribute to a "bold, ambitious and brilliant director (and co-founder of the National Theatre Cricket Team)"

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama said it was a " huge loss for Welsh and international theatre".

Actor and director Samuel West, who revived The Romans In Britain in 2006, said: "His shows made Shakespeare feel like our contemporary".

Fellow actor and director Hugh Quarshie tweeted: "Heard Michael Bogdanov died eating, drinking & laughing. Great memories of a great global director, once a colleague, ally & friend. RIP".

Geoff Haden, chairman of the Dylan Thomas Society, of which Bogdanov was a member, said the director had been a collector of Dylan memorabilia and produced the play Under Milk Wood all over the world, including a version in Japanese.

He said: "On the centenary of Dylan

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Michael Bogdanov Biography (1938-)

Born Michael Bogdin, December 15, 1938, in London, England; son of Francis Benzion and Rhoda (Rees) Bogdin; married Patricia Ann Warwick, December 17, 1966; children: Malachi, Jethro, Ffion. Addresses: Office: English Shakespeare Company, 38 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3EG, England.; Agent: (Literary) Michael Imison, 28 Almeida St., London, NI 1TD, England.

Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupation: director
Birth Details: December 15, 1938; London, England

Famous Works

Credits; Stage Work; Artistic Director, Except As Indicated
The Bootleg Gentleman (musical; also see below), Oxford Playhouse,Oxford, England, 1968.
A Comedy of the Changing Years, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1969.
Assistant director, Rabelais, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1970.
Assistant director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1970, then New York City, then Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles,CA, both 1971, later world cities, 1972.
Assistant director, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Teatro Escobar, Sau