Stephen Howard Davies, CBE (26 April 1945 – 25 October 2016) was a British theatre and television director.
[4][5] In the early 1970s, Davies worked extensively with the Bristol Old Vic and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre,[1] and he served as an associate director for both the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he directed Les liaisons dangereuses, Macbeth, and Troilus and Cressida.
He also did much work for the Royal National Theatre, where his projects included Hedda Gabler, The House of Bernarda Alba, Pygmalion, The Crucible, The Shaughraun, and Paul.,[6][7] and where he directed Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard which opened in May 2011 and was broadcast on 30 June 2011 as part of National Theatre Live.
His opera credits include Idomeneo, The Italian Girl in Algiers, Eugene Onegin, and I due Foscari,[6][8] and he directed the opera-related play After Aida 1985–86 in Wales and at the Old Vic Theatre.
Davies was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours, for services to drama.