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'Adrian Keith Noble' (born 19 July 1950) was the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003. After he graduated from the Chichester High School he studied at the university of Bristol. He began his professional career as a director at the London Drama Centre. In 1976 he moved on to the Bristol Old Vic and working at the same time for the TV. From 1980 till 1981 he worked at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, producing the ''Duchess of Malfi'' which won him the Circle Theatre Award and the Drama Award ( also for the production of ''Doktor Faust'' and , as ''Best Director'' for A Doll's House 1980). During his career he received 120 Olivier Award nominations. In 1980 Adrian Noble became assistant director at the RSC where his first production was Ostrowski's Two Sisters. In 1988 he was promoted to director, but in 1989 he left the company to get some time off. He worked for the Peter Hall Company, directing the ''Fairy Queen''. He also worked at the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Kent Opera House and directed a production of ''Giovanni'' in a Paris circus tent. After this time of searching for his independence Adrian Noble returned to the RSC in March 1991. He has also directed several successful London West End musicals including ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and ''The Secret Garden''.

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Theatre (selected productions)

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Theatre (selected productions)

★ The Duchess of Malfi

★ A Doll's House 1980

★ A New Way to Pay Old Debts

★ King Lear RSC 1982

★ Antony and Cleopatra The Pit London 1983

★ The Comedy of Errors Theatre Royal Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1984

★ Measure for Measure Theatre Royal Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1984

★ Henry V RSC 1984

★ Desert Air RSC 1984

★ As You Like It RSC 1985

★ Kiss Me, Kate Old Vic London 1987

★ The Winter's Tale RSC 1993 (for which he won a Globe Award for best director)

★ Macbeth RSC 1988 and 1993

★ A Midsummer Night's Dream RSC 1995

★ Romeo and Juliet RSC 1995

★ ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' 2002 (his final production for the RSC)

★ Kean

External links

★ Has Adrian Done Right by the RSC?

★ Who shot Adrian Noble?

★ IMDB

★ Adrian Noble at the RSC