Barry Kyle

Barry Albert Kyle (born 25 March 1947, Bow, East London) is an English theatre director, currently Honorary Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, England, and Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Kyle attended Beal Grammar School in Ilford where he showed an early interest in theatre. He then studied drama and English at the University of Birmingham and began his theatre career in 1969 at the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1973 he became an assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company where he directed in the studio theatre called The Other Place, as well as in the main house in conjunction with Trevor Nunn among others. In 1986 he directed the first production at the RSC’s associated Swan Theatre, "The Two Noble Kinsmen" by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher.

In 1991 Kyle moved to the United States, founding the Swine Palace theatre company at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. While there he also directed in New York ("Henry V", off-Broadway, 1992) and Washington ("Romeo and Juliet", The Shakespeare Theater, 1994). He has also directed in major theatres around the world including Berlin, Hamburg, Melbourne, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Tel Aviv and Warsaw.

In 2003 Kyle joined the University of Missouri–Kansas City Department of Theatre as Professor of Theatre Arts [http://cas.umkc.edu/theatre/about.html] . He now divides his time between Kansas City and London, where he has directed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, including a ground-breaking all-female production of Richard III (2003).

Publications

* "Sylvia Plath: A Dramatic Portrait Conceived and Adapted from Her Writings". Faber and Faber. ISBN 978-0571106981.Barry Kyle has four children.

References

* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/5/Barry-Kyle.html Barry Kyle biography]
* [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stratfordians/stkylba.htm A Dictionary of the RSC]