British theatre director and playwright Peter Gill dies at 86

British theatre director and playwright Peter Gill has died at 86. Over nearly seven decades he directed as many as 100 productions, founded the National Theatre Studio in 1984, and championed neglected working-class dramas from D.H. Lawrence to his own plays rooted in Catholic Wales. Director Michael Grandage said Gill's contribution "will come to be regarded as quietly seismic."