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Barry John (born 1944)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barry John )〕 is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of 'Theatre Action Group' (TAG) (1973), one of the early theatre groups based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of which moved to Mumbai in March 2007. The school also got him recognition, as some of the alumni went on to become Bollywood actors, including Shahrukh Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja,〔('Theatre is at an all-time low in Delhi' ) Hindustan Times, Mumbai, 9 April 2007.〕〔(The guru of Shah Rukh ) The Times of India, TNN 22 April 2007.〕 as well as Hollywood stars like Freida Pinto. He has been based in India since 1969. After shifting to Mumbai his acting school was opened in Mumbai as 'The Barry John Acting Studio', situated in Andheri.〔(The Barry John Acting Studio – Inauguration ) 6 April 2007.〕 He was awarded the 1993 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Theatre, and also the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award. ==Early life and education== Barry John was born in 1944, in the industrial city of Coventry of West Midlands county, England. His father, an engineer by profession, joined the navy during the world War II and his mother was a home-maker, and his younger sister was Christine. By the age of 12, he had started selling newspapers, and pursued theatre in the evenings. At 15, his father fixed up a job for him at the factory where he worked. After finishing his schooling, he moved to London, but unable to find place in acting schools, he joined Leeds University at Leeds, West Yorkshire. There he trained to become a theatre teacher, for three years under John Hutchson, the head of department.〔(The drama of Barry John's life ) Divya Vasisht, The Times of India, 23 November 2002.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry John (theatre director)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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