Stephen Barry

Stephen Leon Reid Barry (4 July 1945 – 18 October 2000) was a British arts administrator, drama producer, and artistic director.

His father, Gerald, was editor of the News Chronicle, and his first contact with the theatre was through his mother, the actress Vera Lindsay.

[1] He was educated at Marlborough College and Manchester University, where he studied drama under Hugh Hunt and Stephen Joseph.

In that role he created many very successful presentations including Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests, a season of Death of a Salesman with Warren Mitchell, and sellout performances of Pam Gems's musical Piaf with Judy Davis.

[1] According to The Guardian obituarist Paul Allen, "His role as an artistic director and administrator in leading regional theatres heralded a new era for subsidised drama in Britain.