John Burrell (theatre director) John Burrell (theatre director) John Percy Burrell (6 May 1910–28 September 1972) was an English theatre director. John Burrell was educated at Shrewsbury School in Shropshire, England and he led a successful theatre career afterwards. He was appointed as a co-director of the Old Vic Theatre in London, England, with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson in 1948. He later moved to the USA and worked on Broadway, New York. "He was a founder of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre and Academy at Stratford, Connecticut, where he also taught acting, and which opened its first season in July 1955. He was
Paul Miller (theatre director) Mountain" by Jonathan Harvey (ETT/Hampstead); "Rosmersholm" by Henrik Ibsen (Southwark Playhouse) and "The Robbers" by Friedrich Schiller (Latchmere). Between 2009 and 2014 he was an Associate Director at Sheffield Theatres, where his productions included "Wonderful Tennessee" by Brian Friel, "The Winter’s Tale" by William Shakespeare, "The Daughter-in-Law" by DH Lawrence, "Democracy" by Michael Frayn (which transferred to The Old Vic Theatre), "Hamlet" with John Simm, and "True West" by Sam Shepard. For the National Theatre he has directed "The History Boys" (revival for the West End and UK tour), "Baby Girl" by Roy Williams, "DNA" by Dennis Kelly, "The Miracle"