Sir Peter Hall


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I have been revisiting theatre Practitioners who have inspired me throughout my creative pathway; in particular, the late Sir Peter Hall, whom I had the privilege to meet back in 2009. He has continued to educate me and be a key tool throughout my teaching career. Particularly his approach and practices of Shakespeare which I have taken from his his book "Shakespeare's Advice to the Players" (2003)

Recently I have come across a wonderful Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUZq2vDcqaU
National Theatre Discover, 2014, Peter Hall in Conversation with Nicholas Hytner 

He says:  “It’s a wonderful therapy, if you said to me why am I a Director, why did I want to be a Director? I would say because, when you have a good company of actors and a good play, and a reasonable amount of rehearsal time, there will be a union, so that a company is created, who support each other, even if they dislike each other. And out that can come extraordinary days of work, where everybody is much better than they know they are, secretly. That’s what I like, the day you go home and say, it really happened today.”

I can remember some extraordinary days of work in my working career and hope to inspire others so that they get the privilege of experiencing this.

Sir Peter Hall - 1930 - 2017 - Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960 - 1968)

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