Tributes paid to 'quietly seismic' theatre director and playwright Peter Gill

Gill performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company before embarking on a successful directing career.

Carla Feric, Press Association Entertainment Reporter Actor Luke Evans has paid tribute to acclaimed stage director and playwright Peter Gill after his death, and said: “He changed my whole professional life.” Gill, who has worked with stars including Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Michael Gambon, died “peacefully” at assist

Beginning his career as an actor, Gill went on to write plays including The York Realist as well as directing for the Royal Court and National Theatre Tributes have been paid to the director and playwright Peter Gill who died on Monday at the age of 86. His agent Mel Kenyon said Gill’s work had a “rare emotional delica