Ronald Eyre

Ronald Eyre (13 April 1929 – 8 April 1992) was an English theatre director, actor and writer.

Biography

Eyre was born at Mapplewell, near Barnsley, Yorkshire and he taught at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and Giggleswick School. He became a leading director for the cinema, opera, television and the theatre. He was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for London Assurance. He presented the BBC television documentary series The Long Search (1977), a survey of various world religions, which won a Red Ribbon at the American Film Festival.

Eyre was the godfather of British actress Emma Thompson.^[1]^[2]

As You Like It (1963) (TV) ... Director
The Wednesday Play - A Crack in the Ice (1964) TV Episode ... Director and Dramatist
Z-Cars - "Window Dressing" (1965) TV Episode ... Director and Writer
Tom Grattan's War (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
Play of the Month - "Rasputin" (1971) TV Episode ... Writer
The Long Search - (1977) (TV) Documentary Series... Writer and Host
Falstaff (1982) (TV) ... Opera Director
Wogan (1987) ... Interviewed
Russell Harty 1934-1988 (1988) ... Interviewed
Frontiers - Long Division (1990) ... Interviewed
In My Defence - Neither Prison Nor Chains (1991) ... Interviewed

^ "Beneath the skin". The Telegraph. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ "Emma Thompson: A Life in Pictures". ScreenDaily. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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