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Richard Bruce Wherrett AM (10 December 1940 – 7 December 2001) was an Australian stage director, whose career spanned 40 years. He is known for being the founding director of the Sydney Theatre Company in 1979.
For four decades Richard Wherrett dominated Australian theatre, creating a cavalcade of highly acclaimed productions of drama, opera, film and television; he founded the Sydney Theatre Company, wrote several books and directed notable arts festivals. He was probably the country’s most successful, controversial and outspoken theatrical director.
Dec 7, 2001 · Obie-winning veteran Oz legit director Richard Wherrett, founder of the Sydney Theater Co. (STC), died at home Friday Dec. 7 in Sydney of liver failure, unrelated to having lived with HIV...
- Michaela Boland
Richard Wherrett was born in 1941 in Australia. He was a director, known for The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980), Billy's Holiday (1995) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1992). He died on 7 December 2001 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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- December 7, 2001
- Richard Wherrett
Richard Wherrett was born in 1941 in Australia. He was a director, known for The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (1980), Billy's Holiday (1995) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1992). He died on 7 December 2001 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- December 7, 2001
Richard Bruce Wherrett AM (10 December 1940 – 7 December 2001) was an Australian stage director, whose career spanned 40 years. he is known for being the founding director of the Sydney Theatre Company in 1979.
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Richard Bruce Wherrett was born in Sydney in 1940 and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney in 1961. Wherrett worked as a tutor in London in the 1960s, and after his return to Australia became associate director of the Old Tote Theatre Company, 1970-1972, and then artistic director of Nimrod Theatre Company, 1974-1979.
