Adrian Noble

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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.