Peter Hall

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

November 22, 1930 · Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

Died

September 11, 2017

Birth name

Peter Reginald Frederick Hall

Hall directed his first play while he was still a student. He soon achieved prominence as a stage director. He began his occasional film work in 1968, with Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968). 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.