Alan Dossor (19 September 1941 – 7 August 2016) was a British theatre director.
[3] In this period he nurtured the careers of many future stars, including Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Nighy, Antony Sher, and Jonathan Pryce and developed a distinctive style of plays that linked the theatre to issues facing the local community.
His production of John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert by Willy Russell transferred to the West End in 1974.
He directed plays in the West End, at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic and the Lyric Hammersmith.
Dossor directed theatre and television plays by contemporary playwrights like Alan Bleasdale, Chris Bond, Stephen Lowe, John McGrath, Adrian Mitchell and Willy Russell, Mike Stott, C.P.Taylor and Charles Wood; as well as classic plays by Bertolt Brecht and Shakespeare.