Topic: Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre- and film director.

Nunn was born in Ipswich, England to Robert Alexander Nunn, a cabinetmaker, and Dorothy May Piper. He was educated at Northgate Grammar School, Ipswich and Downing College, Cambridge, where he began his stage career before becoming a trainee director at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.

In 1968, Nunn was appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a position he held until 1986. He was also Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre, following in the footsteps of Sir Peter Hall. His first wife, Janet Suzman, appeared in many of his productions. Nunn became a leading figure in theatrical circles, and was responsible for many ground-breaking productions, such as the RSC's version of Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, co-directed with John Caird, and a musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors. A very successful director of musicals, in the non-subsidised sector, Nunn was responsible for Cats (1981), formerly the longest running musical in Broadway's history, and the first English production of Les Misérables in 1985, also with John Caird.