Terry Hands

English theatre director

Terence David Hands CBE (9 January 1941 – 4 February 2020) was an English theatre director. He founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for thirteen years. He also saved Clwyd Theatr Cymru from closure.[1] He was thought to be one of Britain’s most respected theatre directors.[2] He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.

Hands died on 4 February 2020 at the age of 79.[3]

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  1. "Who's Who in the Cast". playbillvault. Retrieved 2015-05-23.[permanent dead link]
  2. Green, Michael (26 January 2015). "Mold Clwyd Theatr Cymru to stage Hamlet as artistic director's swan song". chesterchronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  3. Wiegand, Chris (4 February 2020). "Theatre director Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies aged 79". The Guardian.