Hands, Terry
Hands, Terry (b. 1941),English director. In 1964, Hands co-founded the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, serving as artistic director until 1966 when he became artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company's touring troupe, Theatre-Go-Round. He served as associate director for the RSC (1967–77) and consultant director at the Comédie-Française (1975–80). In 1978, he was made co-artistic director of the RSC with Trevor Nunn. When Nunn left in 1986, Hands became sole artistic director and chief executive director. Although his directing has been criticized as overly concept driven, he received considerable praise for directing Shakespeare's history plays, most of which featured Alan Howard. He has also had great success directing comedies, such as Much Ado About Nothing (1982) and Love's Labour's Lost (1990). In 1997, Hands became artistic director of the fledgling Theatr Clywd, hoping to turn it into a National Theatre for...
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