Joan Knight

Joan Knight (27 September 1924 – 20 December 1996) was a British stage manager and director. She worked at the Royal Court Theatre and the Palace Theatre, Watford. During this time, she also served briefly as director of productions of Pitlochry Festival Theatre. She was offered a National Theatre directorship by Laurence Olivier, which she declined. She received an OBE for services to theatre in 1985. She undertook a one-year course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1951.