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This is where the most recent additions to this web site will be listed. If you've visited before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
Current productions and events
Peter Gill will direct Robert Holman's Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar, 19 April - 26 May 2012
Timeline
- 15 March 2012
- A Provincial Life production page
- 30 May 2011
- Production pages for:
- The Breath of Life by David Hare
- The Aliens by Annie Baker
- Hens Riverside Studios / Sky Arts
- Another Door Closed by Peter Gill
- Semper Dowland / The Corridor Harrison Birtwistle double bill
- August 2009
- Started transfer of site to www.petergill7.co.uk
- 23 April 2008
- Small Change page
- 6 February 2008
- Essays related to The Importance of Being Earnest
- Oscar Wilde, 1856-1900, by Jonathan Croall
- The Topicality of Earnest, by Al Senter
- 4 February 2008
- The Importance of Being Earnest production credits
- 1 October 2007
- The Importance of Being Earnest production page
- 17 June 2007
- 6 September 2006
- The Voysey Inheritance: updated cast and photos
- Look Back in Anger production page
- 31 July 2006
- Theatre by diktat. Emphasis on top-down thinking means that writers are now delivering drafts instead of plays. An article by Peter Gill.
- 24 July 2006
- The Voysey Inheritance returns to the Royal National Theatre in August
- 8 June 2006
- Added The Voysey Inheritance pictures.
- 2 May 2006
- The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker, National Theatre, Lyttleton, April 2006
- 26 April 2006
- The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker, National Theatre, Lyttleton, April 2006
- 29 September 2005
- Epitaph For George Dillon reviews:
- Telegraph review, 29 September 2005
- Evening Standard review, 29 September 2005
- Independent review, 29 September 2005
- Times review, 29 September 2005
- Guardian review, 28 September 2005
- Peter Gill interview, Telegraph, 21 September 2005
- Anne Reid interview, Times, 19 September 2005
- Obituary: Anthony Creighton
- 23 September 2005
- Peter Gill directs a cast including Joseph Fiennes, Francesca Annis and Anne Reid in Epitaph For George Dillon by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton at the Comedy Theatre from 20th September 2005 Geoffrey Hutchings, Zoe Tapper and Dorothy Atkinson are also in the cast.
- 1 February 2005
- Added a page for Days of Wine and Roses by JP Miller in a new version by Owen McCafferty, Donmar Warehouse,17th February - 2nd April 2005
- 20 July 2004
- Romeo and Juliet added complete cast
- 13 April 2004
- Romeo and Juliet cast and initial reviews
- 24 November 2003
- Gillian Barge, obituary
- 21 May 2003
- Added cast of Original Sin by Peter Gill
- 29 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture: further reviews added.
- 28 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture: yet more reviews added.
- 27 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture: more reviews added. Production photos.
- 24 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture programme quotations; Independent review
- 20 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture reviews:
- Sunday Times review, 20 April 2003
- Observer review, 20 April 2003
- 14 April 2003
- Scenes from the Big Picture reviews:
- FT review, 14 April 2003
- Alison Chitty interview, 14 April 2003
- Times Review, 12 April 2003
- Guardian Review, 12 April 2003
- 7 February 2003
- Peter Gill to direct a new play at the Cottesloe Theatre, Scenes from the Big Picture by Owen McCafferty, whose Closing Time recently premiered at the Royal National Theatre.
- 24 June 2002
- Peter Gill Festival, Sheffield:
- Friendly Fire
- Sunday Times review of Original Sin by Peter Gill
- The Stage review of Kick for Touch, 13 June 2002
- 22 June 2002
- Peter Gill Festival, Sheffield:
- Designing for Gill, interviews with Alison Chitty and Jessica Curtis
- Small Change
- Kick for Touch
- 17 June 2002
- Introductory lecture by Nicholas Wright to Sheffield Peter Gill Festival
- 10 June 2002
- Peter Gill festival, Sheffield, reviews:
- Independent review, 10 June 2002
- Observer review, 9 June 2002
- Reviews of Original Sin by Peter Gill:
- Independent review, 11 June 2002
- Mail on Sunday review, 9 June 2002
- 8 June 2002
- Review of Original Sin by Peter Gill
- Times review, 8 June 2002
- 7 June 2002
- Reviews of Original Sin by Peter Gill:
- Telegraph review, 7 June 2002
- Guardian review, 6 June 2002
- 4 June 2002
- Peter Gill festival, Sheffield, interviews:
- Sheffield Telegraph interview with Peter Gill, 31 May 2002
- Yorkshire Post interview with Peter Gill, 31 May 2002
- Sheffield Star interview with Clair Wilkie, 29 May 2002
- Guardian interview with Peter Gill, 27 May 2002
- Essay by Michael Grandage on Peter Gill, 26 May2002
- Sheffield Telegraph preview and interview with Peter Gill, 24 May 2002
- Sheffield Telegraph interview with Ruth Gemmell, 24 May 2002
- Metro Yorkshire interview with Peter Gill, 21 May 2002
- Yorkshire Post interview with Michael Grandage, 17 May 2002
- Sheffield Star interview with Susan Brown, 10 May 2002
- 3 June 2002
- Peter Gill festival reviews:
- Times review, 3 June 2002
- Guardian review, 3 June 2002
- Telegraph review, 3 June 2002
- 28 May 2002
- Peter Gill Festival, Sheffield, May 2002
- Guardian interview with Peter Gill, 27 May 2002
- Essay by Michael Grandage on Peter Gill, 26 May 2002
- Independent preview by Kevin Harley, 18 May 2002
- 15 April 2002
- More The York Realist pieces:
- Spectator review, 6 April 2002
- The Stage interview with Peter Gill, 4 April 2002
- International Herald Tribune review, 3 April 2002
- The Stage review, 21 March 2002
- 17 March 2002
- Times review of The Murderers, September 1985
- Times interview on Cottesloe festival of new plays, September 1985
- 15 March 2002
- Times obituary of Irene Worth
- Reviews of Five play bill, November 1985:
- Reviews of As I Lay Dying, October 1985:
- Reviews of The Murderers, September 1985:
- 14 March 2002
- Times review of Garden of England, November 1985
- Sunday Times review of Five play bill, November 1985
- 12 March 2002
- Rainbownetwork review of The York Realist, 25 January 2002
- 11 March 2002
- Times Literary Supplement review of The York Realist, 25 January 2002
- 9 March 2002
- Financial Times interview with Peter Gill, 9 March 2002
- 8 March 2002
- More The York Realist pieces:
- London Theatre Guide review, 15 January 2002
- Online review London review, 13 January 2002
- BBC Arts review, 12 January 2002
- This is Lancashire interview with Ian Mercer, 8 November 2001
- 6 March 2002
- Essay by Michael Billington related to The York Realist, 6 March 2002
- 4 March 2002
- More The York Realist pieces:
- New York Times review, 7 February 2002
- Glasgow Herald review, 18 January 2002
- How to be an assistant director, 13 January 2002
- Independent on Sunday review, 13 January 2002
- 10 February 2002
- The York Realist will transfer to the Strand Theatre (8 March 2002-20 April 2002)
- 30 January 2002
- Country Life magazine review of The Look Across The Eyes and Lovely Evening by Peter Gill, BBC Radio 4, 13 December 2001
- 15 January 2002
- Time Out review of The York Realist, 16 January 2002
- 13 January 2002
- More reviews of The York Realist
- Mail on Sunday review, 13 January 2002
- Independent on Sunday review, 13 January 2002
- Sunday Times review, 13 January 2002
- Observer review, 13 January 2002
- Sunday Telegraph review, 13 January 2002
- 10 January 2002
- More reviews of The York Realist
- Independent review (London), 10 January 2002
- Financial Times review, 10 January 2002
- Times review, 10 January 2002
- Daily Telegraph review, 10 January 2002
- 9 January 2002
- More reviews of The York Realist
- Guardian review,9 January 2002
- Evening Standard review, 9 January 2002
- Daily Mail review, 9 January 2002
- 2 January 2002
- Independent interview with Peter Gill, 2 January 2002
- 30 December 2001
- Nowt2do review of The York Realist, November 2001
- 16 December 2001
- Whatsonstage review of The York Realist,16 November 2001
- BBC Bristol review, November 2001
- 25 November 2001
- Manchester Evening News review of The York Realist, 15 November 2001
- Manchester Evening News interview with Anne Reid, 14 November 2001
- 20 November 2001
- BBC Manchester review of The York Realist
- 18 November 2001
- BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, Friday 16 November, 14:15-15:00: The Look Across The Eyes and Lovely Evening: A double bill of short plays by Peter Gill offering a portrayal of family life in post-war Cardiff.
- 11 November 2001
- The York Realist, a new play by Peter Gill, will be toured by the English Touring Company (12-17 November 2001, The Lowry, Salford; 20-24 November 2001 Bristol Old Vic; 4 January-9 February 2002, Royal Court Theatre)
- 26 October 2001
- Biographies and pictures for John Osborn's Luther at the National Theatre.
- 21 October 2001
- Spectator review of Luther, 20 October 2001
- The York Realist cast
- 14 October 2001
- Reviews of Luther
- Sunday Telegraph, 14 October 2001
- Sunday Times, 14 October 2001
- Independent on Sunday, 14 October 2001
- Observer, 14 October 2001
- 13 October 2001
- Reviews of Luther
- What's On in London, 10 October 2001
- The Stage, 11 October 2001
- 12 October 2001
- 10 October 2001
- Reviews of Luther
- Evening Standard review of Luther, 8 October 2001
- Whatsonstage review, 8 October 2001
- Independent, 10 October 2001
- 9 October 2001
- Financial Times review of Peter Gill's production of Luther at the Royal National Theatre
- 8 October 2001
- Reviews of Peter Gill's production of Luther
- The Times, 8 October 2001
- Guardian, 8 October 2001
- The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2001
- 6 October 2001
- dramaturgical links relating to John Osborne's Luther
- Times interview with Peter Gill, 3 October 2001
- Evening Standard preview, 5 October 2001
- Evening Standard interview with Rufus Sewell, 4 October 2001
- Financial Times interview with Peter Gill, 6 October 2001
- 2 October 2001
- John Osborn's Luther at the National Theatre.
- 16 July 2001
- reviews of Peter Gill's Sleepers' Den, at the Southwark Playhouse
- 25 June 2001
- Programme notes from The Marriage of Figaro:
- 21 June 2001
- The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre, October 1987
- 23 May 2001
- Portraits of D H Lawrence
- 14 May 2001
- National Theatre Studio
- Bow down, Down by the Greenwood Side by Harrison Birtwhistle, Queen Elizabeth Hall, August 1987
- 5 May 2001
- People with whom Peter Gill has worked.
- 1 May 2001
- Indexes of Peter Gill's productions by date, and by author.
- 23 April 2001
- A season of D.H. Lawrence plays: A Collier's Friday Night, The Daughter-in-Law, and the Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, at the Royal Court Theatre, 1968
- Cardiff transfer of Cardiff East
- 22 April 2001
- O'Flaherty VC by George Bernard Shaw. Mermaid Theatre, September 1966
- Friendly Fire by Peter Gill. Part of the BT National Connections season, March 1999
- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Riverside Studios, January 1978
- The Changeling by Thomas Middleton & William Rowley, Riverside Studios, September 1978
- Scrape Off the Black by Tunde Ikoli, directed by Peter Gill, part of Plays Umbrella, Riverside Studios. August 1980
- The Merry-Go-Round by D H Lawrence, adapted by Peter Gill, Royal Court Theatre, November 1973
- 21 April 2001
- Uncle Vanya by Chekhov, in a version by Frank McGuiness. Field Day Theatre Company, February 1995
- Uncle Vanya programme notes:
- 19 April 2001
- Poems by Amelia Earhart, Slyvia Plath, and Emily Dickinson from Tongue of a Bird programme.
- 18 April 2001
- Updated Tongue of a Bird.
- 17 April 2001
- Programme notes from Venice Preserv'd by Thomas Otway:
- 15 April 2001
- Venice Preserv'd or a Plot Discovered by Thomas Otway, Lyttleton Theatre, April 1984
- 14 April 2001
- A Patriot for Me by John Osborne. RSC, Barbican, October 1995.
- John Osborne: biographical notes and tribute by David Hare.
- Essay on homosexuals in the armed forces by Angela Mason
- Essay on stage censorship by Irving Wardle
- The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
- 13 April 2001
- As You Like It, Nottingham Playhouse, 1975
- 12 April 2001
- New England by Richard Nelson, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, November 1994
- Richard Nelson biography
- 10 April 2001
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
- Twelfth Night programme notes
- Two premieres: The Dwarfs, by Harold Pinter and The Local Stigmatic by Heathcote Williams, Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh, March 1966
- 8 April 2001
- Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, 1985
- Extracts from an interview with Sam Shepard by Stephen Fay, published in The Sunday Times on 28 August 1984.
- 4-6 April 2001
- A nine-week festival of new plays, Cottesloe Theatre, 1985
- 31 March 2001
- Antigone by Sophocles, in a translation by C A Trypanis, Cottesloe Theatre, May 1984
- Life Price by Jeremy Seabrook and Michael O'Neil, Royal Court Theatre, January 1969
- Interview with Michael O'Neill and Jeremy Seabrook, authors of Life Price
- 25 March 2001
- Hugh Rank writes on Georg Büchner and Danton's Death
- Notes on the French Revolution by Shirley Matthews
- French Revolution and classical references
- 24 March 2001
- George Bernard Shaw and the World of Major Barbara by Peter Lewis (from the programme of Major Barbara)
- Added full Danton's Death credits
- 23 March 2001
- Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw, National Theatre, 1982
- 22 March 2001
- A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Isaiah Berlin, National Theatre, 1981
- Notes on Ivan Sergeyevitch Turgenev
- 19 March 2001
- Tales from Hollywood by Christopher Hampton, National Theatre 1983
- Ödön von Horváth: notes on the writer from the Tales from Hollywood programme, 1983
- 18 March 2001
- Much Ado About Nothing programme notes
- 16 March 2001
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, National Theatre, Olivier, 1981
- 15 March 2001
- Notes from Measure for Measure programme:
- Shakespeare biography, works
- Shakespeare portraits
- 12 March 2001
- Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare. Cast included: Michael Elphick, Helen Mirren, Riverside Studios, 1979;
- 10 March 2001
- Fool for Love By Sam Shepard, Cottesloe, 1984
- Don Juan By Molière, translated by John Fowles, Cottesloe, 1981
- 9 March 2001
- The Way of the World by William Congreve, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1992
- 8 March 2001
- The Way of the World programme notes
- The Independent of The Daughter-in-Law
- 7 March 2001
- Julius Caesar directed by Peter Gill. Riverside Studios 1980. Cast: Lindsay Duncan, Phil Daniels, Jack Klaff
- 6 March 2001
- Mrs Klein by Nicholas Wright, National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, 1988
Julius Caesar, Essay by Simon Usher
- 5 March 2001
- More Juno and the Paycock programme notes:
- Dublin 1922: A Darlin' City
- A Sanctuary in Irish Devolution
- A History of the Irish Future
- A New State of Chassis: The Irish Civil War and its background
- 2 March 2001
- Juno and the Paycock programme notes
- 1 March 2001
- Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey, National Theatre, Lyttleton Theatre, 1989
- Sean O'Casey (works, biography)
- Times review of The Daughter-in-Law
- 27 February 2001
- Clare Poems by Edward Bond
- 26 February 2001
- The Fool By Edward Bond. Royal Court Theatre, 1975
- 18 February 2001
- Wie redt Albert Cobb? (Who'll Save the Plowboy?) By Frank D Gilroy. NKT, Antwerp, 1965
- Added to A Provincial Life, including details of a radio version, with Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron, and Joseph O’Conor
- Crete and Sergeant Pepper by John Antrobus, Royal Court Theatre, May 1972
- 8 August 2000
- Hedda Gables, by Ibsen, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1970
- Ibsen and Hedda Gabler, programme notes
- 1 August 2000
- Macbeth, by Shakespeare, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1971
- 3 July 2000
- Added details in Romanian of the Bucharest 1968 production of D.H. Lawrence's Daugher-in-Law (Nora), part of the British Council Tour.
- 15 June 2000
- Die Schwieger Tochter (The Daugher-in-Law) by D.H. Lawrence, Bochum production, November 1972
„Wir brauchen einander", extracts from essays by D.H. Lawrence (in German)
- 14 June 2000
- Notes on D.H. Lawrence in German, from Bochum programme.
- Nottingham und das Revier (Nottingham & the Mining Country), German translation from an essay by D.H. Lawrence, 1929
- Bergwörterbuch 1871
- 13 June 2000
- British Council tour of D.H. Lawrence's The Daugher-in-Law 1968 (and Italian programme notes).
- 12 June 2000
- More mining pictures.
- 13 May 2000
- Seagull — further Spectator review
- Speed-the-Plow review
- New Statesman interview with Peter Gill by Kate Kellaway, 1997
- Additional links and other tweaks
- 29 April 2000
- Seagull FT review
- 12 April 2000
- More dialect poems by D.H. Lawrence
- 9 April 2000
- D.H. Lawrence: Dramatist an essay by Keith Sagar, D.H. Lawrence Review, 1968
- 7 April 2000
- Nottingham & the Mining Country, from an essay by D.H. Lawrence, 1929
- Mining Terms from the programme of Peter Gill's 1967 production of D.H. Lawrence's The Daughter-in-law
- National Coal Strike, 1912. Background, plus January-April 1912 from The Annual Register.
- 5 April 2000
- The Daughter-in-Law by D.H. Lawrence, Royal Court Theatre, 1967
- The Collier's Wife, a poem by D.H. Lawrence
- 4 April 2000
- A Collier's Friday Night by D.H. Lawrence, Royal Court Theatre, 1965
- 3 April 2000
- The Duchess of Malfi by Webster, Royal Court Theatre, 1971
- 1 April 2000
- Speed-the-Plow review.
- Much Ado About Nothing, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Conn., 1969
- Site size: 13,000 words, 185 images
- 27 March 2000
- The Restoration of Charles II from The Soldier's Fortune programme notes
- 26 March 2000
- The Soldier's Fortune — Restoration comedy
- Thomas Otway from The Soldier's Fortune programme notes
- 20, 22-24 March 2000
- More Speed-the-Plow reviews.
- Site size: 11,700 words, 135 images
- 19 March 2000
- More Speed-the-Plow reviews.
- Kimberly Williams interview
- 18 March 2000
- Fishing, by Michael Weller, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater, February 1975, Produced by Joseph Papp, with Tommy Lee Jones.
- Mark Strong interview.
- Speed-the-Plow reviews.
- Royal Court Diary: rehearsal logbook by Barry Hanson of three D H Lawrence plays, 1968
- 14 March 2000
- Directors as God, interview with Peter Gill at Riverside Studios, 1978
- 12 March 2000
- Shaw's O'Flaherty VC (Mermaid, Vancouver Festival)
- Mermaid Theatre opening
- Stage history and preface to Shaw's O'Flaherty VC
- Landscape and Silence American premiere at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, NY, of two new one-act plays by Harold Pinter.
- 11 March 2000
- Speed-the-Plow preview
- Kimberly Williams interview
- 10 March 2000
- Added The Local Stigmatic.
- 9 March 2000
- Added cast for Crimes of Passion by Joe Orton, and
- The Ruffian on the Stair by Joe Orton
- 8 March 2000
- Added Time Out interview with Peter Gill for Speed-the-Plow
- 6 March 2000
- Added Joe Orton's plays.
- 5 March 2000
- Added interview with Joe Orton.
- 1 March 2000
- Updated and added pictures to Speed-the-Plow.
- 12 February 2000
- More reviews of The Seagull.
- 11 February 2000
- More Pictures
- 8 February 2000
- Started the Picture Gallery
- 3-6 February 2000
- Added reviews of The Seagull
- 2 February 2000
- Added Riverside productions.
- 1 February 2000
- Added rehearsal photos to Cardiff East, Small Change, Kick for Touch.
- 30 January 2000
- Added text to Small Change, Certain Young Men.
- Added 1969 Sleepers Den production.
- Added Sleepers Den and Over Gardens Out publisher's description.
- 26 January 2000
- Added pictures to Small Change.
- 23 January 2000
- Added Danton's Death, and Tongue of a Bird, updated Speed-the-Plow, as well as a range of reviews, and other minor touch ups.
- 15 December 1999
- Added Over Gardens Out
- 12 December 1999
- Added A Provincial Life
- Added The Sleepers' Den
- 10 December 1999
- Added Extracts from Cardiff East programme
- 8 December 1999
- Added Kick for Touch
- Added Cardiff East
- 7 December 1999
- Added Certain Young Men.
- Added Mean Tears.
- 5 December 1999
- More links from home page around the site. Some renaming of pages.
- 23 November 1999
- Added pictures to resume
- 28 October 1999
- Added Gay young brits
- Added Small Change production details
- 27 October 1999
- Added Theatre: a word from the wise
- 26 October 1999
- Added Peter Gill by Christopher Hampton
- 25 October 1999
- Added Essay on musicals
- Added A response to "The New Approach to Investment in Culture" from the perspective of the theatre
- Peter Gill by Christopher Hampton
- Bibliography
- 23 October, 1999
- First cut of site.