An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

Theatre and film director                          

Selected Works:

Twelfth Night - Oxford Playhouse - 1954
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett English-language première - Arts Theatre August 1955
The Waltz of the Toreadors - Jean Anouilh English-language première Arts Theatre 1956
Wars of the Roses, adaptation of the Henry VI and Richard III plays, the Royal Shakespeare Company 1963-1964
The Homecoming - Harold Pinter Original production by Peter Hall; By arrangement with the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Company 5 January 1967 - 14 October 1967
Old Times - Harold Pinter 16 November 1971 - 26 February 1972
Via Galactica - rock musical 28 November 1972 - 2 December 1972
Saturday Sunday Monday - Eduardo De Filippo Produced by arrangement with the National Theatre 21 November 1974 - 30 November 1974
As You Like It - Produced by arrangement with the National Theatre 3 December 1974 - 8 December 1974
The Misanthrope - Molière in a version by Tony Harrison Originally produced by the National Theatre 12 March 1975 - 31 May 1975
No Man's Land - Pinter, Originally produced by the National Theatre 9 November 1976 - 18 December 1976
Bedroom Farce - Alan Ayckbourn Originally produced by the National Theatre 29 March 1979 - 24 November 1979
Betrayal - Pinter 5 January 1980 - 31 May 1980, the National Theatre
Amadeus - Peter Shaffer world première National Theatre 17 December 1980 - 16 October 1983
Wagner's Ring Cycle at Bayreuth 1983
Jean Seberg - Marvin Hamlisch world première National Theatre 1 December 1983 - 4 April 1984
The Petition - Brian Clark 24 April 1986 - 29 June 1986
Wild Honey - Michael Frayn adaptation of Chekhov 18 December 1986 - 11 January 1987
Orpheus Descending - Tennessee Williams 24 September 1989 - 17 December 1989
The Merchant of Venice 19 December 1989 - 10 March 1990
Born Again September 1990 Chichester Festival Theatre
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun - John Guare 18 March 1992 - 19 April 1992
An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde 1 May 1996 - 26 Jan 1997
Amadeus 15 December 1999 - 14 May 2000
Amy's View - David Hare 28 November 2006 - 17 February 2007
The Vortex - Noël Coward 13 November 2007 - 1 December 2007 Theatre Royal Windsor.
An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde 25 August 2008 - 29 November 2008.
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw 6 February 2009 - 8 March 2009, Hong Kong Arts Festival

Film and Television:

The Final Passage - 1996 TV
Never Talk to Strangers - 1995 Film
Jacob - 1994 TV movie
The Camomile Lawn - 1992 - TV mini-series
She's Been Away - 1980 TV - Awarded Venice_FIlm_Festival 
Caught on a Train - TV 1980
Aquarius TV - presenter Episodes from 1975-1976
Akenfield - 1974 Film
The Homecoming - 1973 Film
Perfect Friday - 1970 Film
Three Into Two Won't Go - 1969 Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1968
Work is a Four Letter Word - 1968
Hall has also filmed many of his stage productions and operas for television

Books:

Making An Exhibition of Myself Autobiography
The Peter Hall Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle
Shakespeare's Advice To The Players

Acting:

Peter Hall began acting as a student at Cambridge university, where Dadie Rylands taught him to speak Shakespearean verse. He subsequently acted in three German films, directed by Maximilian Schell 1973-1975.                          

Mother Grace Florence Pamment
Father Reginald Edward Arthur Hall
First wife Leslie Caron - 1956-1965, two children
Second wife Jacqueline Taylor - 1965-1981, two children
Third wife Maria Ewing - 1982-1990, one daughter 
Fourth wife Nikki Frei - 1990-present, one child.                          

Founded the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960-1968
Directed the National Theatre in 1973–1988.