David Hugh Jones

David Hugh Jones was born on February 19, 1934 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Betrayal (1983) and American Playhouse (1982). He was married to Amanda Jones and Sheila Allen. He died on September 18, 2008 in Rockport, Maine, USA.




Bio:
David Hugh Jones was born on February 19, 1934 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Betrayal (1983) and American Playhouse (1982). He was married to Amanda Jones and Sheila Allen. He died on September 18, 2008 in Rockport, Maine, USA.


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Was artistic director of the RSC's Aldwych Theatre.Father, with Sheila Allen, of sons Joe Jones and Jesse Jones.Left the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1979 to take up an appointment as artistic director at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and to found a resident theatre company modelled on the RSC. Taught at the Yale School of Drama in 1981 before returning to England.While he d... [Details Intro]