Director Peter Hall, A Champion Of British Theater, Dies At 86
Hall ran two of the most important theater companies in England — the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He directed Waiting for Godot and Amadeus, among dozens of plays, old and new.
by Jeff Lunden
Sep 12, 2017
2 minutes
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 father who was a railway clerk, and his family lived in a house without electricity.
Hall went on to run two of the most important theater companies in England — the Royal Shakespeare and , among dozens of plays, old and new.
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