Vivian Matalon

Biography

Vivian Matalon was a British theatre director born in Manchester, whose career spanned from acting in low-profile films to directing notable West End and Broadway productions. Notable credits include Bus Stop with Lee Remick and Keir Dullea, as well as I Never Sang for My Father and The Glass Menagerie at the Hampstead Theatre. Matalon also worked on adapting late 19th and early 20th century Yiddish plays for modern audiences. He died in August 2018 at 88 due to complications from diabetes.