LONDON: Olivier Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, who had hits in London and Broadway directing Kathleen Turner in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Lindsay Duncan in "Private Lives," and Kevin Spacey in both "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and "The Iceman Cometh," has died. Davies' revival of "The Crucible," starring Tom Wilkinson and Zoe Wanamaker , honored Arthur Miller's 75th birthday at the National. Critics agreed, with the New York Post saying, "It looks odd, and the effortless balance of the original has frankly been lost. "Davies also worked in television, directing James Bond star Daniel Craig in a version of "Copenhagen" and directing the feature film version of "The Secret Rapture ," based on the 1988 play he also directed. "He was a wonderful director, a wholly admirable man and a good friend," said National Theatre director Richard Eyre Davies was born in Durham in northeast England and worked at theaters in Bristol and Birmingham early in his career before making his name in London.He is survived by his wife, actress Clare Holman.

Source: Economic Times October 27, 2016 08:16 UTC