Howard Davies, who has died aged 71, was one of the great post war theatre directors, teasing new messages from old plays and drawing career-defining performances from Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren and moreHoward Davies, who has died aged 71, was quite simply one of the great post war British theatre directors. He mined texts exhaustively, was deeply sensitive to actors and ensured theatre was a memorable visual experie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:01AM on October 27, 2016