William Campbell Rough Bryden CBE (born 12 April 1942 in Greenock, Scotland) is a British stage- and film director and screenwriter.
He has worked as a director at the Royal Court Theatre (1967–1971), the Royal Lyceum Theatre (1972–1975), the National Theatre (1975–1985); and as a visiting director in Glasgow and New York. In 1990, he directed Leoš Janáček 's The Cunning Little Vixen Royal Opera House . He has also done work for film and television, as screenwriter, director and executive producer.
He married Deborah Morris, a potter , in 1970 and they had two children. The couple divorced in 1988.
In 1988, he met actress Angela Douglas at a dinner party arranged by mutual friend Marsha Hunt . They have lived together in west London since, and were married at City Hall, New York City in February 2009.
1983: Ill Fares the Land 1986: The Holy City 1987: Aria 1992: Six Characters in Search of an Author 1975: Benny Lynch , Scenes from a Short Life : a Play 1976: Willie Rough , a BBC Play for Today 1977: Old Movies 1980: The Long Riders 1974: Spring Awakening – Old Vic 1974: Romeo and Juliet 1975: The Playboy of the Western World 1976: Watch It Come Down – Old Vic 1976: Il Campiello – National Theatre 1976: Counting the Ways – National Theatre 1977 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones): The Passion – National Theatre 1977: Old Movies – National Theatre 1977: The Plough and the Stars 1978 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones): Lark Rise 1978: American Buffalo – National Theatre 1978 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones): The World Turned Upside Down – National Theatre 1978: The Long Voyage Home – National Theatre 1978: Dispatches – National Theatre 1979 (with Sebastian Graham-Jones): Candleford 1980: Hughie – National Theatre 1980: The Iceman Cometh 1980: The Nativity – National Theatre 1980: The Crucible 1982: A Midsummer Night's Dream – National Theatre 1983: Glengarry Glen Ross 1985: Doomsday , presented with The Nativity and The Passion , as the Mysteries from medieval Mystery plays in a version by Tony Harrison – National Theatre 1990: The Ship (writer & director) Harland & Wolff Shed, Govan, Glasgow 1994: A Month in the Country Ivan Turgenev , starring Helen Mirren and John Hurt . Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and West End 1994: The Big Picnic (writer & director) Harland & Wolff, Govan, Glasgow 2005: Romeo and Juliet 2005: The Creeper – Theatre Royal Windsor Awards and nominations 1985: Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director, The Mysteries . 1985: London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best Director for The Mysteries 1985: London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for The Mysteries 
