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Marianne Elliott
Marianne Elliott, theatre director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Marianne Elliott is the first woman to win two Tony awards for theatre direction: the first for War Horse and the second for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Both transferred to Broadway from the National Theatre, London, and have gone on to travel the world.
Marianne's parents, grandparents and great-grandparents all worked in the theatre. Her father, Michael Elliott, was a founding director of the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and her mother, Rosalind Knight, now in her 80s, has enjoyed a lifetime on the stage and is still working. Although Marianne read Drama at Hull University, it wasn't until she was in her late 20s that her career began, when she became assistant director at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre. She went on to follow in her father's footsteps, working at the Royal Exchange, before becoming Associate Director at the National Theatre in London. In 2017 she left to set up her own theatre company with producer Chris Harper. Their next show will be Stephen Sondheim's Company.
In addition to all her theatrical prizes, she has just been awarded the OBE for services to theatre in the 2018 Birthday Honours list. She is married to actor Nick Sidi and they have one daughter.
Presenter: Kirsty Young
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
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Katrina and the Waves
Walking On Sunshine
- Katrina And The Waves.
- Tummy Touch Records LLC.
- 6.
Peter, Paul and Mary
Leaving On A Jet Plane
- The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 1.
The Style Council
You're The Best Thing
- Café Blue.
- Polydor.
- 10.
The Stone Roses
This Is The One
- The Stone Roses.
- Silvertone Records Limited.
- 10.
The Smiths
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Hatful of Hollow.
- Virgin Records Ltd.
- 16.
Olivia Chaney
The Dark Eyed Sailor
- The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions: Olivia Chaney.
- Delphonic Records.
- 1.
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Nick Drake
Northern Sky
* Bryter Layter.
* Universal-Island Records Limited.
* 9.
Björk
It's Oh So Quiet
- Post.
- One Little Indian Limited.
- 4.
BOOK CHOICE
Anthology of twentieth and twenty first century poetry written by women
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Marianne Elliott |
| Producer | Cathy Drysdale |
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