Trevor Nunn joined the RSC in 1964 and in 1968 was made the company’s youngest ever Artistic Director.  He was responsible for running it until retiring from the post in 1986. From 1997-2003, he was director of the National Theatre. Trevor has worked extensively in theatre, opera and musical theatre. John Caird is a freelance director, librettist and writer working worldwide in theatre, opera and musical theatre – at the National Theatre, the RSC (Honorary Associate Director) and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm (Principal Guest Director). Theatre Craft, his encyclopedic book about directing, is published by Faber.  Together, John and Trevor directed Nicholas Nickleby (five Tony Awards), JM Barrie’s Peter Pan and the original Les Misérables (eight Tonys).