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==Biography==
Rutter was born and brought up in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England, attending Newton Hall, part of [[Greatfield Estate, Kingston upon Hull#Schools|Greatfield High School]].
He participated in school plays, joining the [[National Youth Theatre]] and at the age of 17 in 1964, he left Hull to live with his aunt in [[Kennington]], London. He later studied at the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]], but left early before finishing the course to go on a European tour with the NYT.<ref name="Guar Mar 2012"/>
Rutter was passed over for the 1967 production of [[Peter Terson]]'s football play Zigger Zagger, but Terson wrote a role for him in ''The Apprentices''. He was with the [[Nottingham Playhouse]] in 1968, then freelanced until joining the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1975.<ref name="Guar Mar 2012">[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/09/barrie-rutter-life-in-theatre A life in theatre: Barrie Rutter] ''The Guardian'', 9 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020</ref><ref>Barrie Rutter (2016), Theatre Programme: [[The Merry Wives of Windsor|The Merry Wives]], [[Northern Broadsides]] and [[New Vic Theatre]] joint production.</ref>{{
In the 1980s he performed in three adaptations by the poet [[Tony Harrison]].
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His final production with the company was ''The Captive Queen'', an adaptation of [[John Dryden]]'s ''[[Aureng-zebe]]'', at the [[Sam Wanamaker Playhouse]] in February and March 2018; as well as directing, he played the part of the emperor.<ref name="billington">{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=The Captive Queen review – Rutter bows out with rhyming couplets and marital spats|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/feb/08/the-captive-queen-review-sam-wanamaker-playhouse|work=The Guardian|date=8 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="globe">{{cite web|title=The Captive Queen|url=http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on-2018/the-captive-queen|publisher=Shakespeare's Globe|accessdate=4 March 2018}}</ref>
In April 2023 he performed a one-man one-night show
==Personal life==
He married American Carol Chillington in 1978, and moved near to [[Stratford-on-Avon]] when Chillington got a job at [[Warwick University]]. They have two daughters
In January 2020 ''[[The Yorkshire Post]]'' said that Rutter had been diagnosed with [[throat cancer]].<ref name="ahad 2020jan">{{cite news |last1=Ahad |first1=Nick |title=Stage star Barrie Rutter faces cancer fight |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/stage-star-barrie-rutter-faces-cancer-fight-1-10228326 |accessdate=30 January 2020 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=30 January 2020}}</ref> By October 2020 he reported "Well, they don't call it the 'all-clear', they call it fully tested, but yes, I am back to normal" and was planning a performance of ''An Evening with Barrie Rutter'' at [[Holbeck Working Men's Club|The Holbeck]] in Leeds.<ref name="ahad 2020oct">{{cite news |last1=Ahad |first1=Nick |title=Barrie Rutter: "As soon as I got the all-clear, I bought £600 of wine" |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/barrie-rutter-as-soon-as-i-got-the-all-clear-i-bought-ps600-of-wine-3005424 |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=18 October 2020}}</ref>
==Awards and honours==
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