Peter Hall in Conversation with Nick Hytner

Synopsis: A National Theatre Platform in which Nicholas Hytner interviews Peter Hall. Hall talks about why he chose to direct Twelfth Night at the Cottesloe to mark his 80th birthday. This is is fourth production of the play and he hopes that he has become disciplined and precise. He speaks of why he wanted to become a director, and the discovery and production of Waiting for Godot and works by Harold Pinter. Speaks briefly on the problems he had reconciling different types of verse speaking when he set up the RSC. Hytner fears for the future of actors - drama school places are becoming very expensive which will breed an acting generation of "rich kids". Hall deplores the government response to culture which he feels is never understood. Hytner concludes by reminding the audience of what theatre in Britain owes to Peter Hall.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 21 Jan 2011
Duration: 45 mins