David Peacock (theatre administrator)

David Peacock (14 April 1924 - 11 January 2000), was a British theatre administrator.

Peacock was born in England in 1924. He was the son of a civil servant father and a French mother [1] and educated at Douai School.

After serving in the armed force in World War II, he was stage manager at the Royal Opera House.[1] In 1964, he emigrated to Canada, and was succeeded by Stella Chitty as general stage manager.[1][2]

Peacock was director of the production course at the National Theatre School of Canada, and in 1970 became the school's general director.[1] From 1972, he was in charge of the arts division of the Canada Council.[1]

In 1951, Peacock married Georgia Thorndike, daughter of the actor and novelist Russell Thorndike and niece of the actress Sybil Thorndike, and they had seven children, including the actress Lucy Peacock.[1] They divorced in 1978, he moved back to England, and remarried.[1]

He died in London in 2000, aged 75.[1]