British Theater Director Peter Hall, DEAD @ 86

..."In 1955, when he was 25, Hall directed the first English-language production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, an avant-garde drama more experienced directors had shunned".

He founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britain's National Theatre and widely credited as a visionary.  

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