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Ronald Eyre (13 April 1929 – 8 April 1992) was an English
theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
, actor and writer.


Biography

Eyre was born at
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, near
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,
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and he taught at
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) is a co-educational free school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Founded in 1509 as a boys' school, it is now a co-educational independent free school with over 1200 students from ages 4 to 18. Pupils ...
and
Giggleswick School Giggleswick School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England. Early school In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior an ...
. He became a leading director for the cinema, opera, television and the theatre. He was nominated for Broadway's 1975
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as Best Director (Dramatic) for ''
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''. He presented the
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television documentary series '' The Long Search'' (1977), a survey of various world religions, which won a Red Ribbon at the
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. Eyre was the godfather of British actress
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.


Television

* ''
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'' (1963) (TV) ... Director * ''
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'' - ''A Crack in the Ice'' (1964) TV Episode ... Director and Dramatist * ''
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''- "Window Dressing" (1965) TV Episode ... Director and Writer * ''
Tom Grattan's War ''Tom Grattan's War'' was a British television series which ran from 1968 to 1970. The show revolved around the life of Tom Grattan who was sent to live with relatives in Yorkshire during the Great War. Plotlines and setting Tom Grattan was a 1 ...
'' (1968) TV Episode ... Director * '' Jackanory'' - "Christmas Stories: The Selfish Giant" (1968) TV Episode ... Storyteller * '' Jackanory'' - "Johhny the Clockmaker" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller * '' Jackanory'' - "Johnny's Bad Day/Diana and Her Rhinoceros" (1971) TV Episode ...Storyteller * '' Jackanory'' - "Paul the Hero of the Fire" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller * '' Jackanory'' - "Tim and Charlotte" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller * '' Jackanory'' - eleven other TV Episodes * ''
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'' - "
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" (1971) TV Episode ... Writer * '' The Long Search'' - (1977) (TV) Documentary Series... Writer and Host * ''
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'' (1982) (TV) ... Opera Director * ''
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'' (1987) ... Interviewed * '' Russell Harty 1934-1988 ''(1988) ... Interviewed * ''Frontiers - Long Division'' (1990) ... Interviewed * ''In My Defence - Neither Prison Nor Chains'' (1991) ... Interviewed


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