- Won two Tony Awards in collaboration with Trevor Nunn: in 1982 as Best Director (Play) for "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," and in 1987 as Best Director (Musical) for "Les Miserables." He was also Tony-nominated three other times: in 1997 as Best Director (Play) for Pam Gems "Stanley;" and in 2001 for his lyrics as part of Best Original Musical Score with collaborator Paul Gordon and for his libretto as Best Book (Musical) for "Jane Eyre."
- Ex-son-in-law of Sylvia Young.
- He has two children with his ex-wife, Frances: Eliza Doolittle and Nathaniel Caird.
- Ex-brother-in-law of Alison Ruffelle.
- Parents: George Bradford Caird, Oxford theologian and Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford and Viola Mary Newport, poet and librarian.
- Is of British descent.
- His paternal Grandparents come from Dundee, Scotland.
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