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Richard Bruce Wherrett AM (10 December 19407 December 2001) was an Australian theatrical director, whose career spanned 40 years. ==Life and career== Richard Wherrett was born in 1940; his elder brother was the future motoring journalist Peter Wherrett. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Sydney.〔(Live Performance Australia - Richard Wherrett AM 1940-2001 ) Retrieved 22 September 2012〕 He attended the University of Sydney with Clive James, Germaine Greer, Bruce Beresford, Ken Horler, Mungo McCallum, Bob Ellis, John Bell, John Gaden, Laurie Oakes and Les Murray. He was the founding director of the Sydney Theatre Company. He directed 127 professional theatre productions, including ''Hag'' by Sally Morrison at the 1976 National Playwrights Festival. In 1987 he directed his first grand opera for the Victoria State Opera at the State Theatre Melbourne. ''Turandot'', Giacomo Puccini's final opera, was a lavish production starring Corneliu Murgu, Olivia Stapp and Glenys Fowles, with the State Orchestra of Victoria conducted by Richard Divall.〔Hince, Kenneth. The Victoria State Opera (). Meanjin, Vol. 43, No. 1, Autumn 1984: 123–128. Availability: Richard Wherett was the creative director for the lighting of the torch segment of the Opening Ceremony for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. With his brother Peter he wrote a memoir, ''Desirelines''. He also wrote ''The Floor of Heaven: My Life in Theatre'' in 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Wherrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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