Young Vic the entire faculty resigned from the Old Vic, but in 1969 Frank Dunlop became founder-director of The Young Vic theatre with his free adaptation of Molière's "The Cheats of Scapin", presented at the new venue as a National Theatre production, opening on 11 September 1970 and starring Jim Dale in the title role with designs by Carl Toms (decor) and Maria Bjornson (costumes). Initially part of the National Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre became an independent body in 1974. In the words of Laurence Olivier, then director of the National Theatre: "Here we think to develop plays for young audiences,
Paul Unwin (director) "Shameless" (Company Pictures, Channel 4) and "Breathless". "Breathless" screened on ITV in Autumn 2013 and in the US in 2014. As a theatre director his work includes ""The Man Who Had All the Luck"" by Arthur Miller at the Bristol Old Vic and the Young Vic, "The Misanthrope" at the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal National Theatre, "The Master Builder" at the Bristol Old Vic", Hamlet", "Othello", "In Times Like These" by Jeremy Brock. His artistic directorship of the Bristol Old Vic was a remarkable period and launched the careers of several of Britain’s foremost actors and directors. As