Background
Hall, Peter Reginald Frederick was born on November 22, 1930 in Bury St. Edmunds, England. Son of Reginald and Grace (Pamment) Hall.
Hall, Peter Reginald Frederick was born on November 22, 1930 in Bury St. Edmunds, England. Son of Reginald and Grace (Pamment) Hall.
Master of Arts, St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, 1963. Degrees (honorary), University York, 1966. Degrees (honorary), University Reading, 1973.
Degrees (honorary), University Liverpool, 1977. Degrees (honorary), University Leicester, 1977. Degrees (honorary), Cornell University, 1980.
Blood Wedding, Immoralist, The Lesson, South, Mourning Becomes Electra, Waiting for Godot, Burnt Flowerbed, Waltz of the Toreadors, Camino Real, Gigi, Wrong Side of the Park, Love’s Labours Lost, Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Coriolanus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Troilus and Cressida, Ondine, Romeo and Juliet, Becket, The Collection, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Rope Dancers (on Broadway), The Moon and Sixpence (opera, Sadlers Wells), Henry VI (parts 1, 2 and 3), Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV (parts 1 and 2), Henry V, Eh?, The Homecoming, Moses and Aaron (opera, Covent Garden), Hamlet, The Government Inspector, The Magic Flute (opera), Staircase, Work is a Four Letter Word (film), Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream (film), Three into Two Won’t Go (film), A Delicate Balance, Dutch Uncle, Landscape and Silence, Perfect Friday (film), The Battle of Shrivings, La Calisto (opera, Glyndeboume Festival 1970), The Knot Garden (opera. Covent Garden) 1970, Eugene Onegin (opera, Covent Garden) 1971, Old Times 1971, Tristan and Isolde (opera, Covent Garden) 1971, All Over 1972, 11 Ritomo di Ulysses (opera, Glyndeboume Festival) 1972, Alte Zeiten (Burgtheater, Vienna) 1972, Via Galactica (musical, Broadway) 1972, The Homecoming (film) 1973, Marriage of Figaro (Glyndeboume) 1973, The Tempest 1974, Landscape (film) 1974, Akenfield (film) 1974, No Man’s Land 1975, Happy Days 1975, John Gabriel Borkman 1975, Judgement 1975, Hamlet 1975, Tamburlaine the Great 1976, Volpone 1977, Bedroom Farce 1977, The Country Wife 1977, The Cherry Orchard 1978, Macbeth (National Theatre) 1978, Betrayal (National Theatre) 1978, Cosi Fan Tutte (opera, Glyndeboume) 1978, Fidelio (opera, Glyndeboume) 1979, Amadeus (National Theatre) 1979, Betrayal (New York) 1980, Othello (National Theatre) 1980, Amadeus (New York) 1980, Family Voices (National Theatre) 1981, The Oresteia (National Theatre) 1981, A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera, Glyndeboume) 1981, The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre) 1982, Other Places (National Theatre) 1982, The Ring (operas, Bayreuth Festival) 1983, Jean Seberg (National Theatre) 1983, L'lncoronazione di Poppea (opera, Glyndeboume) 1984, Animal Farm (National Theatre) 1984, Coriolanus (National Theatre) 1984, Yonadab (National Theatre) 1985, Carmen (opera, Glyndeboume) 1985, and (Metropolitan Opera) 1986, Albert Herring (opera, Glyndeboume) 1985, The Petition (New York and National Theatre) 1986, Simon Boccanegra (Glyndeboume) 1986, Salome (Los Angeles) 1986, Coming in to Land (National Theatre) 1986, Antony and Cleopatra (National Theatre) 1987, Entertaining Strangers (National Theatre) 1987, La Traviata (Glyndeboume) 1987, Falstaff (Glyndeboume) 1988, Salome (Covent Garden) 1988, Cymbeline (National Theatre) 1988, The Winter’s Tale (National Theatre) 1988, The Tempest 1988, Orpheus Descending 1988, Salome (opera, Chicago) 1988, Albert Herring 1989, Merchant of Venice 1989, She’s Been Away (TV) 1989, The Wild Duck 1990, Bom Again 1990, The Homecoming 1990, Orpheus Descending (film) 1990; acted in The Pedestrian (film) 1973. Professional production Windsor 1953. Produced in repertory at Windsor, Worthing and Oxford Playhouse. Two Shakespearean; Director Elizabethan Theatre Company 1953.
Assistant Director London Arts Theatre 1954, Director 1955-1956. Formed own producing co., Institute Playwright’s Theatre 1957. Manager Director Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon and Aldwych Theatre, London 1960-1968.
Director, National Theatre (now Royal National Theatre) with Lord Olivier April-November 1973, Director 1973-1988. F. Peter Hall Company 1988. Artistic Director Glyndeboume 1983-1990.
Association Professor, of Drama. Warwick University since 1966. Director for The Wars of the Roses 1963, The Homecoming and Hamlet 1965.
Antoinette Perry; Director for The Homecoming 1966. Hamburg University Shakespeare. Director for Amadeus 1981.
Honorary degree (York) 1966, (Reading) 1973, (Liverpool) 1974, (Leicester) 1977. Honorary D. Society Sc. (Birmingham) 1989.
Director: Shadow of Heroes, Blood Wedding, Immoralist, The Lesson, South, Mourning Becomes Electra, Waiting for Godot, The Burnt Flowerbed, Waltz of the Toreadors, Camino Real, Gigi, Wrong Side of the Park, Love's Labours Lost, Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Coriolanus, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Troilus and Cressida, Ondine, Romeo and Juliet, Becket, The Collection, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Rope Dancers, Henry VI, Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Eh?. Director, director: Hamlet, The Government Inspector, Macbeth, A Delicate Balance, Silence, Landscape, The Battle of Shrivings, All Over, Old Times, Tempest, Happy Days, John Gabriel Borkman, No Man's Land, Judgement, Tamburlaine the Great, Bedroom Farce, Volpone, The Country Wife, The Cherry Orchard, Betrayal, Amadeus (Tony award, 1981), Othello, Orpheus Descending, 1989, The Importance of Being Earnest, Other Places, Jean Seberg, Animal Farm, Anthony and Cleopatra, The Merchant of Venice, The Oresteia, The Petition, Coriolanus, Yonadab, The Tempest, The Wild Duck, The Homecoming, The Rose Tattoo, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Sienna Red, The Gift of the Gorgon, 1992. (Operas) The Moon and Sixpence, Moses and Aaron, The Magic Flute, La Calisto, Eugene Onegin, Tristan and Isolde, Ritorno di Ulysses, Marriage of Figaro, The Knot Garden, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Fidelio, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Orfeo ed Euridice, Macbeth, The Ring, L'Incoronazione Di Poppera, Carmen, Albert Herring, Simon Boccanegra, Salome, La Traviata, Falstaff, New Year.(films) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Three into Two Won't Go, Perfect Friday, Old Times, All Over, The Homecoming, Akenfield, Landscape, The Camomile Lawn, 1992, She's Been Away, 1989, Orpheus Decending, others, (plays for British Broadcasting Corporation-television) The Wars of the Roses, Alte Zeiten, (arts program for London weekend television) Aquarius, 1975-1977. Author: Peter Hall's Diaries, 1983.
Fellow St. Catharine's College Member Arts Council, 1969—1973. Member of Commander des Arts et des Lettres, Theatre Directors Guild Great Britain (founding member), RAC Club, Athenaeum Club, Garrick Club.
Music.
Married 1st Leslie Caron in 1956 (dissolved in 1965), one son one daughter. Married 2nd Jacqueline Taylor in 1965 (dissolved in 1981), one son one daughter. Married 3rd Maria Ewing in 1982 (divorced in 1989), one daughter.
Married 4th Nicki Frei in 1990.