Anecdotes

Father of actress Rebecca Hall with Maria Ewing; Christopher Hall and Jennifer Caron Hall with Leslie Caron; Lucy Hall and Edward Hall with Jacqueline Taylor; Emma Hall with Nicola Frei.

He was awarded the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Arts.

He was awarded the 1990 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Director of The Wild Duck.

A strong believer in reciting Shakespeare's dialogue as verse rather than prose, and keeping the "verse structure" as much as possible.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1963 Queen's Birthday Honours List and created a Knight Bachelor in the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Drama.

Attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, of which he became an Honorary Fellow in 1964.

He was awarded the 1999 Back Stage Garland Award for Outstanding Director for "Measure for Measure" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for Anthony and Cleopatra.

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."

Father-in-law of Glenn Wilhide, Issy van Randwyck and Jane Studd.

Grandfather of Stephanie Clive and Freddie Hall.

He was awarded the 1981 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for The Oresteia.

Daughter Lucy born 1969 with Jacqueline and daughter Rebecca born with Maria.

When he was with the RSC he used to do a column for The Observer newspaper.

He made a short film John Makepeace about an Oxfordshire furniture maker.

He was the Director of the National Theatre.

Made a short film John Makepeace about a furniture maker in Oxfordshire.

Has done short films of interviews with Peter Brook. Ben Travers, Artur Rubinstein amongst others.