Gaskill, William

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William Gaskill was born in Shipley in 1930. After experience in amateur and repertory productions and for Granada television, he began directing at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957. He worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and was a founder-director of the National Theatre, before succeeding George Devine as Artistic Director of the English Stage Company in 1965. He was a founder of the Joint Stock Company, and from 1983 began working as a freelance director and theatre teacher. He is especially associated with productions of Restoration comedy and the work of Bertolt Brecht.

From the guide to the Papers of William Gaskill, principally related to his period at the Royal Court Theatre, 1965-1972, 1892-2001, (Leeds University Library)

Operator of a gristmill and sawmill in Van Wert, Ohio.

From the description of Ledger 1862-1863. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 55968917

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Birth 1930-06-24

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