Christopher Newton was a Canadian director and actor, who served as artistic director of the Shaw Festival from 1980 to 2002.
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10 Facts About Christopher Newton
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Christopher Newton appeared on Broadway in Peter Shaffer's The Private Ear.
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In 1968, Christopher Newton founded Theatre Calgary where he served as artistic director until 1971.
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In 1979, after thrice refusing, Christopher Newton accepted an appointment as artistic director of the Shaw Festival.
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Christopher Newton has appeared as an actor at The Shaw, taking a series of small roles in one of the company's greatest successes, Derek Goldby's production of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as playing lead roles in Noel Coward's Private Lives and Granville Barker's The Secret Life.
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Christopher Newton carefully developed the acting company, cultivating talented younger actors with challenging roles and effectively turning company members Jim Mezon, Heath Lamberts, and Fiona Reid into stars.
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Christopher Newton widened the mandate of the Shaw Festival by programming the works of lesser known playwrights such as Granville Barker, whose entire oeuvre was performed at the Shaw Festival in a series of highly praised productions directed by Neil Munro.
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Christopher Newton returned to the Shaw Festival in 2004 to direct Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and in 2005 to direct R C Sherriff's Journey's End.
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Christopher Newton was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1995.
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