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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TREVOR NUNN

From rhyming slang, after Trevor Nunn (born 1940), British theatre director.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TREVOR NUNN

Trevor Nunn  [ˌtrɛvə ˈnʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREVOR NUNN

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Trevor Nunn is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TREVOR NUNN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trevor Nunn

Sir Trevor Robert Nunn, CBE is an English theatre, film and television director. Nunn has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed musicals and dramas for the stage, as well as opera. His well-known musicals are Cats and Les Misérables. His dramas include Nicholas Nickleby and Macbeth. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, winning the Tony Award for Cats and Les Misérables and the Olivier Award for Summerfolk / The Merchant of Venice / Troilus and Cressida; and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

Definition of Trevor Nunn in the English dictionary

The definition of Trevor Nunn in the dictionary is a university degree graded 2:1 Often shortened to: Trevor.

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Synonyms and antonyms of Trevor Nunn in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Trevor Nunn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREVOR NUNN

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林菲
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Translator English - Hindi

ट्रेवर नन
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تريفور نان
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Тревор Нанн
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Trevor Nunn
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ট্রেভর নুন
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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トレバー·ナン
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트레버 넌
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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ட்ரெவர் நன்
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ट्रेव्हर नन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Тревор Нанн
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Trevor Nunn
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Trevor Nunn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREVOR NUNN»

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Peter Pan: Or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up - A Fantasy in ...
J M Barrie wrote Peter Pan first as a work of prose and then adapted it for the stage.
J.M. Barrie, 2014
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New York Magazine
'WANTED TO RE-CREATE THE EXPERIENCE YOU GET when you read Dickens," says Trevor Nunn — "the feeling of being lost in the labyrinth. No adaptation of Dickens has ever done this before — most of them don't just leave out his ...
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Ralph Koltai: Designer for the Stage
Rare to find theatre designs in book form.
Trevor Nunn, Sylvia Backemeyer, 2003
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The Complete Book of Les Miserables
Rehearsals looked like starting without either of them, which didn't seem to faze Trevor Nunn, used to the hazards of casting; it did, however, cause Mackintosh some sleepless nights. One of the basic rules of casting is that it's fatal to make up ...
Edward Behr, 1993
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre
THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Unlike the National, the Royal Shakespeare Company had remained a directors' theatre since Trevor Nunn inherited the reins from Hall in 1968. At that time, in spite of Hall's own Aldwych association ...
Simon Trussler, 2000
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Trevor Nunn
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Trevor Robert Nunn, CBE (born 14 January 1940) is an English theatre, film and television director.
Evander Luther, 2012
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Acts of Criticism: Performance Matters in Shakespeare and ...
Kenneth S. Rothu'ell TREVOR NUNN'S TV MOVIE OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE <20oi)] PROBES the darkest secrets of the play's magical "casket plot," in which vessels of silver, lead, and gold signal false messages about their true ...
Paul Nelsen, June Schlueter, James P. Lusardi, 2006
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Othello: A Contextual History
With that caveat in mind, I conclude my analysis of Othello's stage history with Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company Othello, a production that embodies several contemporary cultural concerns, at least in the United States and the ...
Virginia Mason Vaughan, 1996
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The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare
Trevor Nunn has been the Artistic Director of the two leading classical theatre companies in the UK – the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the National Theatre (NT). As a freelance director, he has enjoyed considerable success in the ...
John Russell Brown, 2009
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GIS Fundamentals, Second Edition
COMMENT . FROM REVIEWS , PLAYS WHERE PLAYS . DIRECTOR = ' Trevor Nunn' . AND PLAYS . PLAY = REVIEWS . NAME_OF_PLAY FPWNI—l Note that in this case the columns being used to do the join are not called the same thing.
Stephen Wise, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREVOR NUNN»

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Volpone, RSC, Stratford, review: 'contorted'
This modern-dress revival by Trevor Nunn, bringing the director back to his alma mater for the first time since 2007 – rubs our noses in the play's post-crash ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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ArtsBeat | Coming From Theater for a New Audience: Trevor Nunn
The Tony Award-winning director Trevor Nunn, best known for the blockbuster musicals “Cats” and “Les Misérables,” will mount Shakespeare's “Pericles” as part ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Rufus Hound joins Trevor Nunn's The Wars of the Roses
Directed by Trevor Nunn, The Wars of the Roses will be designed by John Napier and Mark Friend, with costume design by Mark Bouman, lighting by Paul Pyant ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
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Joely Richardson Will Be Part of Trevor Nunn-Directed War of the …
Joely Richardson, Robert Sheehan and Norwegian actor Kåre Conradi are to lead a company of over 20 actors for The Wars of the Roses, a stage adaptation of ... «Playbill.com, Jun 15»
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Trevor Nunn: 'Shakespeare invented the box set'
Trevor Nunn - who inherited to RSC from Hall - will direct its first revival at the Rose Theatre, Kingston later this year. What inspired you to revive The Wars of the ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jun 15»
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Trevor Nunn to stage The Wars of the Roses
Trevor Nunn, the director, has announced he is to fulfil a long-held ambition to restage The Wars of the Roses, a spectacular theatrical event which was created ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Trevor Nunn to Direct Two Gentlemen of Verona for Drama School
Three-time Tony Award-winning director Trevor Nunn is to direct Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona for the first time — and for the first time, too, he will ... «Playbill.com, Feb 15»
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Stylishly presented, but why Trevor Nunn chose to lavish such loving …
What is puzzling is why Trevor Nunn, having done such a beautiful ... Whatever the answer, the play has been done up to the nines by Nunn, who has cannily ... «The Guardian, Apr 14»
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Trevor Nunn: 'The Bard is more relevant than the Bible'
Hardly knowing whether to chuckle or throw up, Sir Trevor Nunn acknowledges that the aristocratic gravel has been beautifully prepared by Julian Fellowes and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
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The Lucy Kellaway Interview: Sir Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn, a giant of English theatre, is currently rehearsing his West End production of the bunny-boiling 'Fatal Attraction'. The scene is set for an off-stage ... «Financial Times, Feb 14»

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