Background
NOBLE, Adrian was born on July 19, 1950. Son of late William John Noble and of Violet Ena (nee Wells) Noble.
NOBLE, Adrian was born on July 19, 1950. Son of late William John Noble and of Violet Ena (nee Wells) Noble.
After leaving Chichester High School, he studied at the University of Bristol, where he studied English.
Ubu Rex A Manitoba’s a Manitoba 1977, A View from a Bridge 1978, Titus Adronicus The Changeling 1978, Love for Love 1979, Timon of Athens 1979, Recruiting Officer 1979, Duchess of Malfi 1980, Doctor Faustus 1981, The Forest 1981, A Doll’s House 1981, King Lear 1982, Antony and Cleopatra 1982, A New Way to Pay Old Debts 1983, Comedy of Errors 1983, Measure for Measure 1983, Henry V 1984, The Winter’s Tale 1984, As You Like lieutenant 1985, Mephisto 1986, The Art of Success 1986, Macbeth 1986, Kiss Maine Kate 1987, The Plantagenets 1989, The Master Builder 1989, The Fairy Queen, The Three Sisters 1990; Don Giovanni (Kent Opera) 1983.He began his professional career as a director at Drama Studio London. In 1976 he moved on to the Bristol Old Vic and worked at the same time for the television In 1980 he became assistant director at the Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Society of Chemistry ) where his first production was Alexander Ostrovsky"s The Forest. In 1988 he was promoted to director, but in 1989 he took a break and left the company.
He then worked for the Peter Hall Company, directing the Fairy Queen.
He also worked at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Kent Opera and directed a production of Giovanni in a Paris circus tent. After this time of searching for his independence, Noble returned to the Royal Society of Chemistry in March 1991, this time as artistic director
His production of A Midsummer Night"s Dream (1994) was popular enough to be revived two years later, and Noble also turned it into a film adaptation in 1996. He resigned from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2002, stating that "it is now time for me to seek new artistic challenges".
He has also directed several successful London West End musicals including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Secret Garden, and adapted Henrik Ibsen"s play, Brand, for the London theatre in 2003.
In 2007, he took Jean-Paul Sartre"s Kean to Malvern, Bath and Brighton, before it transferred to the West End in the spring of that year. In 2008 he directed Hamlet for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and in 2010 Alcina for the Vienna State Opera. In 2014, he co-directed Kate Bush"s Before the Dawn concert series.
The Duchess of Malfi (Royal Exchange, Manchester, 1980)
A Doll"s House (1980)
King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Society of Chemistry ), 1982)
Antony and Cleopatra (The Pit, London, 1983)
A New Way to Pay Old Debts (The Pit, London, 1984)
The Comedy of Errors (Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1984)
Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1984)
Henry V (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1984)
The Desert Air (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1984)
As You Like lieutenant (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1985)
Kiss Maine, Kate (Old Vic, London, 1987)
Three Sisters (Gate Theatre, 1990)
The Thebans (Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone) by Sophocles in translations by Timberlake Wertenbaker at the Swan Theatre (Stratford)
The Winter"s Tale (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1993)
Macbeth (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1988, and 1993)
A Midsummer Night"s Dream (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1995)
Romeo and Juliet (Royal Society of Chemistry , 1995)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Royal Society of Chemistry , 2002)
Brand (London tour, 2003)
Kean (London, 2007)
Macbeth (Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2008)
Alcina (Vienna State Opera, 2010)
The Captain of Köpenick (Royal National Theatre, London, 2013)
Hänsel und Gretel (Vienna State Opera, 2015)
"Hänsel und Gretel", Vienna State Opera 2015.