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He was born in Bury St. Edmunds , in Suffolk , England and attended The Perse School , Cambridge. Hall learned Russian at the Joint Services School For Linguists during his National Service . He produced and acted in several productions while at the University Of Cambridge , graduating in 1953 from St Catharine's College . During the same year, he staged his first professional play at the Theatre Royal, Windsor . From 1954 to 1955 he was at the '' with Peggy Ashcroft ; '' Coriolanus '' with Laurence Olivier and Edith Evans ; and '' A Midsummer Night's Dream '' with Charles Laughton . Hall is best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company which he founded in 1960, at the age of only 29. He served as its artistic director from that time until 1968. He was director of the Royal National Theatre from 1973 to 1988 and was also a member of the Arts Council Of Great Britain resigning in protest from both roles in protest over cuts in public funding. After leaving the National Theatre he founded his own company directing a series of productions at the Old Vic . His latest project is as director of The Rose of Kingston at Kingston Upon Thames which due to open in 2007 and which draws design inspiration from The Rose theatre. In its basic shell prior to fit out, it has seen a sell out run of his production of '' As You Like It ''. He was made a Commander Of The British Empire in 1963 and in 1977 was knighted for his services to the theatre. In 1999, he was presented with a Laurence Olivier Award . He was appointed Chancellor of Kingston University in 2000. Hall has been married four times, including marriages to the actress Leslie Caron , and the opera singer Maria Ewing . His diaries were published in 1983. One of his children is the actress Rebecca Hall and another is the director, Edward Hall . SELECTED PRODUCTIONS
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