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Lloyd George Richards (June 29, 1919 – June 29, 2006) was a Canadian-American theatre director , actor , and dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1979 to 1991, and Yale University professor emeritus.
Biography
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Richards was born in Toronto, Ontario , but was raised in Detroit , Michigan . His father, a Jamaican carpenter turned auto-industry worker, died when Richards was nine years old. Soon after, his mother lost her eyesight, he and his brother Allan kept the family together. He later went on to study law at Wayne State University where instead he found his way in theatrical arts after a brief break during World War II while serving in the U.S. Army Air Force .[citation needed
Among Richards' accomplishments are his staging the original production of Lorraine Hansberry 's A Raisin in the Sun August Wilson to Broadway in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [citation needed
As head of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center , he helped develop the careers of August Wilson , Wendy Wasserstein , Christopher Durang , Lee Blessing and David Henry Hwang .[citation needed
Richards was Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre , both in New Haven, Connecticut, from 1979 to 1991; he became Professor Emeritus at Yale School of Drama after his retirement.[1]
Richards died of heart failure on his eighty-seventh birthday in New York City.[citation needed
Richards also taught Moscow Art Theatre acting technique under Paul Mann at the Actor's Workshop in New York alongside Morris Carnovsky.[citation needed
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Awards
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1960: Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - A Raisin in the Sun
1981: Tony Award Best Play - A Lesson From Aloes
1987: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Fences
1988: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1988: Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Play - Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1988: Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1988: Tony Award Best Play - A Walk in the Woods
1988: Tony Award Best Play - Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1989: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival - Long Day's Journey Into Night
1989: Tony Award Best Revival - Ah, Wilderness!
1990: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - The Piano Lesson
1990: Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - The Piano Lesson
1990: Tony Award Best Play - The Piano Lesson
1996: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Seven Guitars
1996: Tony Award Best Direction of a Play - Seven Guitars
References
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^ Novotny, Jean (June 27, 1987). "Top guns: Academy salutes world-changers" (PDF) . The Arizona Republic .
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