Diana Devlin

Devlin died on 27 September 2020. The cause of death was pneumonia.

In June 2019, she received the Sam Wanamaker Award in recognition of her pioneering support of the Globe for 47 years.

Between 1993 and 2013 she was the head of theatre studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

In 1989, she married David Ogden but the marriage also ended in divorce.

Devil was a key figure in the development of the Shakespeare's Globe theatre. This began with her running the theatre's first summer school, which took place in 1972. In 1985, she became the administrator of the theatre. In 1997, Devlin was appointed as a trustee of the theatre and would later act as the deputy chair of the council from 2013.

Diana Devlin (1 April 1941 - 27 September 2020) was a London based teacher, author and theatre academic who helped to create the Shakespeare's Globe theatre with her associate Sam Wanamaker.

Devlin was born in Porthmadog, Wales on 1 April 1941. She studied at Beaufort House primary school in Fulham, and then at Carlyle grammar school in Chelsea, where she was head girl at the school. In 1960, she attended Cambridge University and obtained a second-class degree in English Literature. During her time at Cambridge she became close friends with the actress Miriam Margolyes. She married the actor Will Graham in 1968 but they divorced a few years later. After attending Cambridge, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and subsequently gained a doctorate in theatre arts from the University of Minnesota. After graduation, Devlin became a lecturer in drama at Goldsmiths, University of London.