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Edward Hall (director)

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{{short description|English theatre director}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|27|df=y}}

| nationality = English

| occupation = Theatre and film director

| spouse = Issy van Randwyck

| children = 2

| father = Sir Peter Hall

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Edward Hall (born 27 November 1966) is an English theatre and film director who founded the all-male Propeller Shakespeare company{{cite book|author1=William Shakespeare|author2=Roger Warren|title=A Midsummer Night's Dream (Propeller Shakespeare)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=srhOISWSRrcC&pg=PA7|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Oberon Books|isbn=978-1-84943-674-8|pages=7}} of which he is Artistic Director, in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/edward-hall-propeller-npo-fund-reaction_34915.html|title=Edward Hall: Propeller's future 'called into question' by ACE funding withdrawal|date=1 July 2014|author=Theo Bosanquet|website=What's On Stage|access-date=29 July 2019}} He also became Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre in 2010. He is known for directing Shakespeare productions, musicals such as Sunny Afternoon{{cite web | url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/12-2013/ray-davies-musical-sunny-afternoon-premieres-at-ha_32960.html | title=Ray Davies musical Sunny Afternoon premieres at Hampstead in May | work=whatsonstage.com | publisher=Whats On Stage | date=13 December 2013 | access-date=29 July 2019}} and multiple screen productions, including William Boyd's TV adaptation of Restless.

Career

Hall began his professional career as a theatre director at the Watermill Theatre in the early 1990s. At the Watermill, Hall directed a number of Shakespeare plays, including Henry V and The Comedy of Errors. In 1996 he directed Donald Sinden, Patrick Ryecart and Nigel Davenport in a UK tour of N. J. Crisp's drama That Good Night.{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/MarcSinden.htm |title=The British Theatre Guide: Interview with Marc Sinden |access-date=1 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225113207/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/MarcSinden.htm |archive-date=25 February 2004 |url-status=dead }}

In 2002, Hall directed Rose Rage, an adaptation of all three of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, at the Haymarket Theatre. It was described by The Guardian as "an exhilaratingly surreal and bloody take on Shakespeare.""The Directors" 6 July 2002.

Although he has for the most part worked in the theatre, Hall has directed some radio and television programmes including Into Exile for BBC Radio 4 and episodes of Trial and Retribution and Marple for television. He directed the 2012 two-part TV miniseries Restless.

Hall took over as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive of the Hampstead Theatre in February 2010 stepping down in Spring 2019.

Personal life

Hall is the son of the theatre director Sir Peter Hall and his second wife, Jacqueline Taylor. He has several siblings and half siblings and is half-brother of actresses Rebecca Hall and Jennifer Caron Hall and producer Christopher Hall. Hall studied at Leeds University and Mountview Theatre School. He is married to Issy van Randwyck, a Dutch comedian and actress, with whom he has two daughters.

Selected theatre work

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Filmography

  • Restless 2012 two-part TV miniseries
  • Kingdom (TV series)
  • Trial & Retribution XI: Closure (TV movie)
  • Marple: Sleeping Murder (TV movie)
  • Safari Strife (Cutting Edge)
  • Richard III (NHK Japan)
  • Blithe Spirit (Theatrical film)

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0355542|name=Edward Hall}}
  • [https://archive.today/20130217232201/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/directors/EdwardHall.htm British Theatre Guide biography]
  • [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/britishtheatre/story/0,,748665,00.html The Guardian]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110323220129/http://www.theinterviewonline.co.uk/library/performing-arts/ed-hall-interview.aspx Edward Hall talks about] directing the all-male Shakespeare Company Propeller on [http://theinterviewonline.co.uk The Interview Online]

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Category:1966 births

Category:English television directors

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