Trivia

(1956-1967) Artistic Director of Canada's Stratford Festival

Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens."

He is survived by his wife, Helen Burns; son, Chris Langham; five grandchildren; and half-sister, Susan Harrison.

In 1939, he joined the Scottish regiment of the British Army known as the Gordon Highlanders and as an officer went to France where he was captured by the German Nazis in 1940. He spent five years in prisoner-of-war camps where he read and directed other prisoners in plays.

Son of Seymour Langham and Muriel Langham. He attended Radley College, a secondary school near Oxford University where he studied drama. He went to London University to study law.

He played a major role in expanding Canada's Stratford Festival from a summer series in a tent into a major theatrical company.

He was director of the Juilliard School's drama department for many years.

Father-in-law of Christine Cartwright.

Ex-father-in-law of Sue Jones-Davies.

Grandfather of Emily Langham.

Langham originally intended to attend law school. While working as an article clerk in London, he performed small roles in theatre productions under the assumed name "Eric Langham".