Acclaimed British director Howard Davies has died at age 71

LONDON (AP) — Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, whose plays were celebrated in London's West End and on Broadway in New York, has died.

Davies directed the original Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" which was transferred to Broadway and for which he won the "Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play" in 1987.

Davies also worked in television, directing James Bond star Daniel Craig in a version of "Copenhagen" and directing the feature film version of "The Secret Rapture," based on the 1988 play he also directed.