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Nancy Meckler is an American theatre and film director, known for her work in the United Kingdom with Shared Experience, where she was a joint artistic director alongside Polly Teale.[1][2]

Nancy Meckler
Born
United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationTheater director, film director

Life and career


Nancy Meckler was born and educated in the US, where she obtained a Masters Degree in Performance Theory and Criticism from NYU. She moved to London in 1968 where she became a founder member of Freehold Theatre Company (1968–72) which toured the UK with Antigone in a version by Peter Hulton and the company. In 1970, Antigone was sent by the British Council to represent the UK at BITEF and the Venice Biennale. The Freehold Theatre Company won the John Whiting Award for New Writing in 1970.

Meckler was the first woman to direct at the Royal National Theatre,[3] with Edward Albee's Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1981.[4]

She was the Artistic Director of Shared Experience Theatre from 1988 to 2011. Meckler has directed 5 plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as King Lear at Shakespeare’s Globe.[5]


Directing Credits



As a Freelance Director 1972 - 2000



As Artistic Director of Shared Experience Theatre 1988-2011



As a Freelance Director 2011 - Present



With the Royal Shakespeare Company


Other


Film


Meckler directed the films Sister My Sister (1994)[18] and Indian Summer (aka Alive & Kicking) (1996).[19]


Ballet


Meckler was the director and creator of A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet.[citation needed]


Awards



See also



References


  1. "Shared Experience". Shared Experience Company. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
  2. "Meckler, Nancy". Contemporary British-Jewish Theatre. 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. "The English unbuttoned". The Independent. 2011-10-10. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  4. "CalmView: Overview". catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  5. "King Lear review – poverty-stricken Shakespeare puts spotlight on homeless". the Guardian. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  6. "Production of Uncle Vanya | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  7. "Production of Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  8. "Production of Sufficient Carbohydrate | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  9. "Nick Hern Books | My Heart's a Suitcase & Low Level Panic : By Clare McIntyre". Nick Hern Books. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  10. Theater, Lincoln Center. "Rose". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  11. "Production of The Bacchae | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  12. "Production of Abingdon Square | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  13. "Production of The Birthday Party | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  14. "Production of Anna Karenina | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  15. "Theatre review: Mill on the Floss". the Guardian. 2001-04-05. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  16. "Shared Experience | Productions | War and Peace". www.sharedexperience.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  17. "Theatre review: A Passage to India at Shared Experience at Nottingham Playhouse and Touring". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  18. Darren, Alison (2000). Lesbian Film Guide. Cassell. pp. 198-199. ISBN 030433376X.
  19. Staff (September 9, 1996). "Indian Summer". Variety. Retrieved 19 August 2019.




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