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PETER HALL NOTES FOR EDITORS London, UK | Friday 20 April 2012 ABOUT WEB OF STORIES
For immediate release Everyone has a story to tell. Over time many stories become forgotten, but now Web of Monday 23 April marks the birth and death of William Shakespeare, Stories offers members of the public the so why not mark the date by watching the fascinating recordings of chance to tell their stories for future renowned theatre director Sir Peter Hall as he looks back over his generations to enjoy. The project is built on remarkable career in British theatre and reminisces about his the belief that we all have wonderful stories to creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company? share, and have family and friends whose tales we would like to hear. Sir Peter Hall has directed more that surfeiting the appetite may than 200 plays. He founded the sicken and so die”, the audience Web of Stories began as an archive of life Royal Shakespeare Company aged say, ‘I'm sorry, I don't know what stories told by some of the great scientists, just 29 and directed the National you're talking about’. But if you say, writers and artists of our time. As the number Theatre for 15 years. In 1955, he “If music be the food of love, play of stories grew, it became obvious that some directed the English language on. Give me excess of it, that were on related topics and that a web was premiere of Waiting for Godot by surfeiting, the appetite may sicken slowly being created of connected stories. Samuel Beckett and for years was and so die” … you can understand regarded as the obvious director of each line.’ Harold Pinter. He was appointed We welcome anyone to come and talk about Commander of the Order of the virtually anything they like. Just like our Peter Hall also relays how Waiting British Empire in 1963, and in 1977 famous speakers, we hope you will record for Godot marked a pivotal moment was knighted for his contribution to your stories for others to enjoy. in his life and led to him receiving the theatre. In 1999, he was also his first offer of work at Stratford as honoured with a Laurence Olivier CONTACT a director. His wealth of experience Award. For more information on Web of Stories or any in the theatre is obvious and his of our videos please contact the Press Desk passion for it infectious as he shares on +44(0)20 7323 0323 or In this series of insightful recordings his thoughts on directing a play [email protected] for Web of Stories, Hall looks back more than once, and divulges the over his truly remarkable career, issues he had with Laurence Olivier remembering what prompted him to Should you wish to refer to Web of Stories and around joining the National Theatre, our video interviews please ensure that a link to become a director, and recounts his all of which make for enthralling Web of Stories is clearly viewable on your site. decision to create the Royal viewing. Shakespeare Company, as well as his reasons for leaving it. He also divulges what he feels the RSC did All of Hall’s inspirational, fascinating differently in order to make recordings can be watched as a Shakespeare more accessible: ‘We number of short clips ranging in all knew the clues that Shakespeare length between one and several puts in his verse which says: this is minutes, with a fully searchable when you pause, this is when you transcript. All Web of Stories videos go fast, this is when you go slow, are easy to share with friends and this is when you come in on cue… colleagues, and may be embedded he did it so that the audience were into personal blogs and websites. not overwhelmed with information. If you say, “If music be the food of http://www.webofstories.com/people love play on give me excess of it /peter.hall/1