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Directors of Mamma Mia! and The Object of My Affection and sculptor of Oscar Wilde on New Year honours list
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Phyllida Lloyd, Maggi Hambling and Nicholas Hytner get CBEs and knighthood
Among the openly gay and lesbian people recognised in the New Year honours list were theatre directors Phyllida Lloyd and Nicholas Hytner and artist Maggi Hambling.
Phyllida Lloyd, who is appointed a CBE, is best known for Mamma Mia!, the worldwide stage and screen hit which went on to become the UK's biggest-selling DVD of all time, but she had a distinguished career as a theatre director prior to this at the National Theatre, Opera North, Royal Court Theatre, RSC, ENO and Donmar Warehouse.
There is a knighthood for Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre since 2003 and Bafta-winning director of films including The Madness of King George, The History Boys and The Object of My Affection. He said he was "delighted and flattered" by the honour.
Painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling, who is also appointed a CBE, has had her work exhibited at the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery, where her portrait of jazz singer George Melly hangs. Her sculptures include Scallop (2003), which is dedicated to Benjamin Britten and stands on Aldeburgh beach, but she is best known for A Conversation with Oscar Wilde (1998), which is in Adelaide Street, near Trafalgar Square.
