Richard Hudson (born 9 June 1954) is a
Zimbabwean
stage designer best known for his work for ''
The Lion King'', which won him the
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design.
[ He studied at Wimbledon School of Art.][
Hudson is also a Royal Designer for Industry. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for his work at The Old Vic, the Gold Medal for Set Design at the 2003 Prague Quadriennale, and an honorary doctorate from the ]University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...
in 2005.
Hudson has designed sets and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...
, the Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
, the Young Vic
The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 201 ...
and The Gate, London. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, La Scala
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, Milan, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, Opéra National de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in Zürich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice
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, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston and Washington, D.C.
National Life Stories
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conducted an oral history interview (C1173/17) with Hudson in 2006-2008 for its An Oral History of Theatre Design collection held by the British Library.[National Life Stories, 'Hudson, Richard (1 of 7) An Oral History of Theatre Design', The British Library Board, 2008]
Retrieved 1 February 2018
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1954 births
Living people
English scenic designers
Laurence Olivier Award winners
Opera designers
Tony Award winners
Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts
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