Born in London, he has collaborated with some of the most extraordinary figures in 20th-century theatre. His work at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, and then the Royal Shakespeare Company, was confident and revolutionary, culminating in the 1970 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was famously performed in a white box designed by Sally Jacobs, with actors using trapeze and stilts to convey the magic of the play. Two other productions help define his theatrical career, Marat/Sade and The Mahabharata. His move to Paris marked a shift from telling stories with a specific narrative objective to telling stories with overtly universal themes. His internationalism and cosmopolitan outlook has recently seen him take a strong stance against Brexit.
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