John Barton (director)
John Bernard Adie Barton CBE (born November 26, 1928 in London, England) is a theatrical director. He is the son of Sir Harold Montague and Lady Joyce (née Wale) Barton. He married Anne Righter, a university lecturer, in 1968.
Barton was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge and while at Cambridge directed and acted in many productions for the Marlowe Society and the ADC. At the Westminster Theatre in July 1953 he directed his first London production, Henry V for the Elizabethan Theatre Company. He created a 12-part series for BBC radio on the medieval Mysteries, inspired by the York Mystery Plays.
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