About Bill Alexander (director)
William Alexander Paterson known professionally as Bill Alexander is a British theatre director who is best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and as artistic director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He currently works as a freelance, internationally as a theatre director and most recently as a director of BBC Radio 4 drama. His production of Class Enemy by Nigel Williams won the Binkie Beaumont Award for Best New Director. Alexander's first production on the RSC main stage was Richard III (with Antony Sher as Richard) in 1984. This production, for which Anthony Sher won the Olivier Award for Best Actor later transferred to the Barbican. In 1986, Alexander's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor won him the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director.
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