In the early 1970s, Davies worked extensively with the
Bristol Old Vic and the
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and where he directed
Chekhov's
The Cherry Orchard which opened in May 2011 and was broadcast on 30 June 2011 as part of
National Theatre Live. At the
Almeida Theatre he directed ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Play About the Baby, whilst at the Hampstead Theatre he directed the 2012 premiere of 55 Days''. His opera credits include
Idomeneo,
The Italian Girl in Algiers,
Eugene Onegin, and
I due Foscari, and he directed the opera-related play
After Aida 1985–86 in Wales and at the
Old Vic Theatre. Davies' work in West End theatre won him the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director for
The Iceman Cometh,
All My Sons and
The White Guard; the
London Critics Circle Award for Best Director for
Mourning Becomes Electra and
The Iceman Cometh; and the
Evening Standard Award for Best Director for
All My Sons and
Flight. Davies made his
Broadway debut with
Piaf in 1981. His Broadway credits also include
Les liaisons dangereuses, the 1990 revival of
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the 1993 revival of
My Fair Lady,
Translations, the 1999 revival of
The Iceman Cometh, the 2002 revival of
Private Lives, and the 2007 revival of
A Moon for the Misbegotten. He was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play thrice but did not win, and the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play three times, winning for
Les liaisons dangereuses. Davies' screen credits include the television films
Copenhagen and
Blue/Orange and the feature film
The Secret Rapture. Davies was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
2011 New Year Honours, for services to drama. ==Personal life and death==