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Dateline: 15th February, 2007
Steven Pimlott Dies Director Steven Pimlott died yesterday at the age of 52. A non-smoker, he was diagnosed with lung cancer last summer and went into remission in the autumn but the cancer reutnred this year. He withdrew from directing On the Third Day, which won the TV reality show The Play's the Thing, but agreed to direct The Rose Tattoo at the National Theatre this year and was also due to direct Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical The Master and Margarita. Rose Tattoo rehearsals have already begun. Nicholas Hytner, who now takes over the production, said, "We knew there was a possibility he might not get through it and agreed that if that happened I would be the back up. That is what has happened, but the production you will see when it opens has been conceived and cast by him." Commenting on his work at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he was associate director from 1996-2002, and Director of The Other Place, Michael Boyd said, "'Steven’s footprint on British theatre was and is as wide as anybody's. His abilities, taste and success embraced opera, Shakespeare, bold new writing, the new European classical repertoire, Gilbert and Sullivan, and the popular modern musical. His style ranged from extravagant flamboyance to high European elegance, to stripped down purity. His storytelling was always blazingly clear, intelligent and human. He was a good musician and actor and a powerful dramaturg as well as one of the best directors of his generation. He followed me into Sheffield's Crucible Theatre under Clare Venables and I followed him into the RSC. While we were associates together I found him inspirational, challenging, enormously entertaining and a good friend. As a fellow director of a theatre company I admired his real achievement as Artistic Director at Chichester, and took courage from his success with creative ensemble. He leaves many friends behind at the RSC who will miss him dearly." A full obituary will follow later. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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