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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.
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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Richard Wherrett AM 1940 – 2001. Born in Sydney on 10 December 1940, Richard Bruce Wherrett was educated at Trinity Grammar. At the University of Sydney he dabbled in acting, before graduating in arts in 1961. Wherrett went to Britain in 1965. There he taught and directed at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex and directed at the London ...
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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.
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 almost ...
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In June 1979, Richard Wherrett, then one of Nimrod Theatre's co-Artistic Directors, was appointed Artistic Director of STC to plan and organise activities for the 1980 season. The first STC-produced play was The Sunny South, 1 January 1980, by George Darrell, with music by Terence Clarke, directed by Richard Wherrett, assisted by John Gaden.
Books. The Floor of Heaven: My Life in Theatre. Richard Wherrett. Hodder Headline Australia, 2000 - Theater - 338 pages. Author's account of his life in Australian theatre, published to coincide with the 40th year of his involvement in theatre. He developed the Nimrod Theatre Company as co-artistic director in the 1970s, was director of the ...
