Ronald Eyre

Ronald Eyre (13 April 1929 – 8 April 1992) was an English theatre director, actor and writer.

Biography Eyre was born at Mapplewell, near Barnsley, Yorkshire and he taught at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and Giggleswick School. He became a leading director for the cinema, opera, television and the theatre. He was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for London Assurance. He presented the BBC television documentary series The Long Search (1977), a survey of various world religions, which won a Red Ribbon at the American Film Festival.

Eyre was the godfather of British actress Emma Thompson.

Television As You Like It (1963) (TV) ... Director The Wednesday Play - A Crack in the Ice (1964) TV Episode ... Director and Dramatist Z-Cars - "Window Dressing" (1965) TV Episode ... Director and Writer Tom Grattan's War (1968) TV Episode ... Director Jackanory - "Christmas Stories: The Selfish Giant" (1968) TV Episode ... Storyteller Jackanory - "Johhny the Clockmaker" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller Jackanory - "Johnny's Bad Day/Diana and Her Rhinoceros" (1971) TV Episode ...Storyteller Jackanory - "Paul the Hero of the Fire" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller Jackanory - "Tim and Charlotte" (1971) TV Episode ... Storyteller Jackanory - eleven other TV Episodes Play of the Month - "Rasputin" (1971) TV Episode ... Writer The Long Search - (1977) (TV) Documentary Series... Writer and Host Falstaff (1982) (TV) ... Opera Director Wogan (1987) ... Interviewed Russell Harty 1934-1988 (1988) ... Interviewed Frontiers - Long Division (1990) ... Interviewed In My Defence - Neither Prison Nor Chains (1991) ... Interviewed