Peter Gill, Champion of Working-Class Drama, Dies at 86

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