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Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall CBE (22 November 1930 – 11 September 2017) was an English theatre, opera and film director.
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He was the Artistic Director of The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon from 1960-68. He took over direction of the National Theatre from Lord Laurence Olivier in 1973, shortly after leaving the RSC. He was knighted and later known as Sir Peter Hall.
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- Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
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- Director, Additional Crew, Actor
Director: Three Into Two Won't Go. Sir Peter Hall directed his first play while he was still a student. He soon achieved prominence as a stage director. He started his occasional film work in 1968 with Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968).
- November 22, 1930
- September 11, 2017
Jun 11, 2024 · Peter Hall (born November 22, 1930, Bury Saint Edmonds, Suffolk, England—died September 11, 2017, London) was an English theatrical manager and director who held notably successful tenures as director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
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Sep 12, 2017 · Legendary theater director Sir Peter Hall might have ended up the grand old man of British theater, but he came from modest beginnings — Hall was born in 1930 in Suffolk, England to a...
Sep 12, 2017 · But Peter Hall, who died Monday at 86, became one of the pillars of postwar British theater the old-fashioned way: He served the play.
Peter Hall has won several awards for his work in theater, including Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Amadeus," Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for...