Name: Peter Hall
Date of Birth: 22 November 1930 Appointed a CBE in 1963 and knighted in 1977. Attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, of which he became an Honorary Fellow in 1964. He was awarded the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Arts. He was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for Anthony and Cleopatra. He was awarded the 1981 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for The Oresteia. He was awarded the 1990 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Director of The Wild Duck. ... Father of actress Rebecca Hall with Maria Ewing. Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award: in 1967 as Best Director (Dramatic) for Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming," and in 1981 as Best Director (Play) for Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus." He has also been Tony-nominated eight other times: as Best Director, in 1958 for "The Rope Dancers;" as Best Director (Dramatic), in 1972 for Harold Pinter's "Old Times," as Best Director (Play), in 1979 with collaborator-playwright Alan Ayckbourn for "Bedroom Farce," in 1980 for Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," in 1992 for John Guare's "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun," and in 1996 for a revival of 'Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband;" and in 1990 as Best Director (Play) and one of the co-producers of Best Revival nominee, Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Is a strong believer in reciting Shakespeare's dialogue as verse rather than prose, and keeping the "verse structure" as much as possible. Read more Peter Hall movies (director)User Comments |
