He's written 18 plays, rescued DH Lawrence from theatrical oblivion and played a crucial role at the National Theatre " all the while putting love, loss and the working class centre stage Eighty seems a fashionable age in the theatre this year. Ian McKellen, Alan Ayckbourn and Peter Gill, who has his birthday this weekend, are among the new octogenarians. While the first two are hyperactive and justly lauded, Gill is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM on September 4, 2019