Background
Christopher was born on June 11, 1936 in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom; son of Albert E. Newton and Gwladys M. Emes.
Christopher was born on June 11, 1936 in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom; son of Albert E. Newton and Gwladys M. Emes.
Sir Roger Manwood’s School in Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom. He was a student of the University of Leeds in Leeds, United Kingdom, University of Illinois in Illinois, United States, and Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States.
Christopher was a director at Calgary Theatre in Calgary, Alberta, Camada from 1968 to 1971. In two years he became an artistic director of Vancouver Playhouse and founder (with late Powys Thomas), The Playhouse Acting School from 1973 to 1979. In this year he became an artistic director of the Shaw Festival, Niagara on-the-Lake in Vancouver, Canada.