Peter Gill Biography (1939-)

Born September 7, 1939, in Cardiff, Wales; son of George John and Margaret Mary (Browne) Gill. Addresses: Agent: Casarotto Ramsay, Ltd., National House, 60-66 Wardour St., London W1V 3HP, England.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer, actor
Birth Details: September 7, 1939; Cardiff, Wales

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Director
A Collier's Friday Night, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, 1965
The Local Stigmatic, Royal Court Theatre, 1966
The Ruffian on the Stair, Royal Court Theatre, 1966
A Provincial Life, Royal Court Theatre, 1966
The Local Stigmatic, Traverse Theatre, London, England, 1966
The Dwarfs, Traverse Theatre, 1966
O'Flaherty VC, Mermaid Theatre, London, England, 1966
A Soldier's Fortune, Royal Court Theatre, 1967
The Daughter-in-Law, Royal Court Theatre, 1967
Crimes of Passion, Royal Court Theatre, 1967
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Royal Court Theatre, 1968
Life Price, Royal Court Theatre, 1969
Over Gardens Out, Royal Court Theatre, 1969
The Sleeper's Den, Royal Court Theatre, 1969
Much Ado about Nothing, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1969
Landscape and Silence, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1970
Hedda Gabler, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1970
The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Court Theatre, 1971
Macbeth, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1971
Crete and Sergeant Pepper, Royal Court Theatre, 1972
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Zurich Schauspielhaus, Zurich, Switzerland, 1972
The Daughter-in-Law, Bochum Schauspielhaus, Bochum, West Germany (now Germany), 1972
The Merry-Go-Round, Royal Court Theatre, 1973
Twelfth Night, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1974
Fishing, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1975
As You Like It, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, then Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, both 1975 , later Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, 1976
The Fool, Royal Court Theatre, 1976
As You Like It, Riverside Studios, 1976
Small Change, Royal Court Theatre, 1976 , then Riverside Studios,1977
The Cherry Orchard, Riverside Studios, 1978
The Changeling, Riverside Studios, 1978
Measure for Measure, Riverside Studios, 1978
Julius Caesar, Riverside Studios, 1980
Scrape off the Black, Riverside Studios, 1980

Don Juan, National Theatre, London, England, 1981
Scrape off the Black, National Theatre, 1981
Much Ado about Nothing, National Theatre, 1981
A Month in the Country, National Theatre, 1981
Danton's Death, National Theatre, 1983
Major Barbara, National Theatre, 1983
Small Change, National Theatre, 1983
Kick for Touch, National Theatre, 1983
Tales from Hollywood, National Theatre, 1983
(With others) Antigone, National Theatre, 1983
Venice Preserv'd, National Theatre, 1984
Fool for Love, National Theatre, 1984
As I Lay Dying, National Theatre, 1984
Up for None, National Theatre, 1984
(With others) The Garden of England, National Theatre, 1984-85
The Murderers, National Theatre, 1985
Twist of Lemon, National Theatre Studio, London, England, 1985
In the Blue, National Theatre Studio, 1985
Fool for Love, Lyric Theatre, London, England, 1985
Bouncing, National Theatre, 1985
(With others) Down by the Green Wood Side, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987
(With others) Bow Down, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987
Mean Tears, Cottesloe Theatre, London, England, 1987
The Marriage of Figaro, Opera North, 1987
Mrs. Klein, Cottesloe Theatre, then Apollo Theatre, London, England, both 1988
Juno and the Paycock, Lyttelton Theatre, London, England, 1989
The Way of the World, Lyric (Hammersmith) Theatre, London, England, 1992
New England, The Pit, London, England, 1994
Uncle Vanya, Tricycle Theatre, London, England, 1995
A Patriot for Me, Barbican Theatre, London, England, 1995
Television Work
Director
Grace, BBC, 1972
Girl, BBC, 1973
A Matter of Taste, BBC, 1974
Fugitive, BBC, 1974
Hitting Town, Thames Television, 1976
Film Appearances
Lieutenant D'Arblay, Damn the Defiant! (also known as H.M.S. Defiant), Columbia, 1962
Private John 612 Williams, Zulu, Embassy, 1964
WRITINGS
Plays
A Provincial Life (based on My Life, by Anton Chekhov), Royal Court Theatre, 1966
The Sleeper's Den, Royal Court Theatre, 1969 , published withOver Gardens Out, Calder & Boyars (London, England), 1970
Over Gardens Out, Royal Court Theatre, 1969 , published with The Sleeper's Den, Calder & Boyars, 1970
The Merry-Go-Round (based on a play by D. H. Lawrence), Royal Court Theatre, 1973
Small Change, Royal Court Theatre, 1976 , then Riverside Studios,1977 , later National Theatre, 1983 , published with Kick for Touch, Marion Boyars (London, England and New York City), 1985
Touch and Go (based on a play by D. H. Lawrence), 1980
Kick for Touch, National Theatre, 1983 , published by Samuel French (New York City), 1979 , published with Small Change, Marion Boyars,1985
As I Lay Dying (based on the novel by William Faulkner), NationalTheatre, 1984
In the Blue, National Theatre Studio, 1985 , published in 1987 , published with Mean Tears as Mean Tears and In the Blue, TheatreCommunications Group (New York City), 1998
Mean Tears, Cottesloe Theatre, 1987 , published in 1987 , published with In the Blue as Mean Tears and In the Blue, Theatre Communications Group, 1998
Certain Young Men, published in 1992
The Cherry Orchard (adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov), Albery Theatre, London, England, 1996
Cardiff East, published by Faber (London, England), 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Times February 17, 1983 (London), February 25, 1983.

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