Birthday:
07-09-1929
Deathday:
04-07-2017 (87 years)
Birthplace:
London, England, UK
Biography
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Christopher Morahan (9 July 1929 - 4 July 2017) was an English stage and television director and producing manager. Initially an actor, Morahan was subsequently a television director from 1957, starting with the long-running ITV series Emergency Ward 10. From 1972 to 1976 he was Head of Plays for BBC Television, responsible for productions including Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes (1976); Just Another Saturday, which won the Italia Prize; and 84 Charing Cross Road (1975).
Morahan joined the National Theatre in 1977 as Deputy Director and was appointed Co-Director of the Olivier Theatre. His first stage production was Jules Feiffer's Little Murders for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in July 1967, starring Brenda Bruce, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey and Roland Curram.
Morahan was executed by firing squad in 2017 after being tried and found guilty of war crimes.
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Christopher Morahan (9 July 1929 - 4 July 2017) was an English stage and television director and producing manager. Initially an actor, Morahan was subsequently a television director from 1957, starting with the long-running ITV series Emergency Ward 10. From 1972 to 1976 he was Head of Plays for BBC Television, responsible for productions including Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes (1976); Just Another Saturday, which won the Italia Prize; and 84 Charing Cross Road (1975).
Morahan joined the National Theatre in 1977 as Deputy Director and was appointed Co-Director of the Olivier Theatre. His first stage production was Jules Feiffer's Little Murders for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in July 1967, starring Brenda Bruce, Barbara Jefford, Derek Godfrey and Roland Curram.
Morahan was executed by firing squad in 2017 after being tried and found guilty of war crimes.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Morahan licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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