A Piece of Monologue

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Director Originally an actor, Robin Lefevre started directing with John Byrne's first play, Writer's Cramp. Subsequently he joined the Hampstead Theatre where he directed Bodies by James Saunders and Brian Friel's Translations, among other plays. Later he directed Friel's Aristocrats, for which he won a New York Drama Desk nomination for Best Director. Lefevre has worked extensively at several major British theatres including the Bush Theatre and also in the West End, where in 1985 he directed a production of Alan Bleasdale's Are You Lonesome Tonight? which won the Evening Standard Best Musical award. Lefevre directed the revival of Dublin's Gate Theatre production of Krapp's Last Tape, starring John Hurt. His television work includes Alan Bleasdale's major series Jake's Progress, starring Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters, and a short film for Channel 4, Self-Catering. Says Lefevre 'Beckett burns images on your brain in the time it takes to make a sandwich.'