At the Donmar, Grandage mounted his first productions of new plays in 2006, directing Sir Ian McKellen in Mark Ravenhill's The Cut as well as Frost/Nixon, a play written by Peter Morgan that dramatized the 1977 television interviews in which British writer and broadcaster David Frost induced former U.S. president Richard Nixon (played by Frank Langella) to express regret for the Watergate scandal.
The prevailing sense of grandeur is reinforced by George Fenton's emphatic music; no surprise to learn that his credits include the scores for the films "Gandhi" and "Cry Freedom," both directed by Sir David's brother Sir Richard.
Tantalus, a project which Sir Peter has been discussing with author John Barton for over 20 years, is directed by Sir Peter and his son Edward, and has a Greek designer, Japanese lighting designer, Irish composer, American choreographer and British and American cast.
Highlights included Bedroom Farce, directed by Sir Peter.
The Philharmonic, the German capital's leading orchestra, is directed by Sir Simon Rattle.
The play, directed by Sir Peter Hall, will have run for 165 regular performances and 10 previews.
(Both plays, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, will be at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September).
In 1996, Phillips adapted and co-produced The Final Passage as a two-part television serial, directed by Sir Peter Hall.
Directed by Sir Peter Hall, untrained amateurs spent a year acting out stories based on the book by Ronald Blythe.
The overall corporate structure may even be at the root of some of the criticism directed at Sir Philip.
