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Educated at Sherborne School , Peterhouse College, Cambridge and Lincoln College, Oxford , Richard Eyre is a noted British stage director and was director of the National Theatre (which became the Royal National Theatre during his time there) between 1987 and 1997 . His diaries during this time have been published as '' National Service '' and won the 2003 Theatre Book Prize .

His most noted theatre productions are of Guys & Dolls , Hamlet with Daniel Day-Lewis , King Lear with Ian Holm , and Hedda Gabler with Eve Best .

For film he directed the Falklands War story '' Tumbledown '' (starring Colin Firth ), '' Iris '', a Biopic of writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch (starring Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent ) and, most recently, '' Stage Beauty '', a period drama adapted from the play by Jeffrey Hatcher (starring Claire Danes and Billy Crudup ).

He has been the recipient of numerous directing awards including three Olivier Award s.

Eyre served as a Governor of the BBC between 1995 and 2003.


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