laura strickling.e age of 86. sir peter founded the royal shakespeare company when he was just 29, and directed some of the greatest actors of the age. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, looks back at the life and achievements of a man described as a colossus. we, our sad bosoms empty... it's all about emptiness and weeping. for sir peter hall, the text was always paramount. hisjob as director was commonly thought, to get the playwright to speak. "you want to get to the centre of the play," he said, "not me." i will employee the back again. i find thee must fit for business. it was an approach that had the finest theatrical talent in the land making a beeline to work with him. peter is sublime at directing. when we did antony and cleopatra he'd them actually beating out the line, "0ur royal lady's dead, dead, dead." it took us ages to do. so at the end of the morning we got to, "our royal lady's dead..." there was a pause and peter said, "thank christ!" i think she wants to be that side. give me a stage a

laura strickling was forced to flee her home on st thomas in the us virgin islands after hurricane irma live from sanjuan in puerto rico. delighted to see that you are safe and well. just tell us how you ended up and well. just tell us how you ended up getting the porta rico and your experiences over the last few days. a friend that i have been calling at the puerto rican navy. it is civilian boats that are bringing supplies to saint thomas and taking back people who need to go. my particular boat was organised by someone particular boat was organised by someone who wanted to get parents of small children off the island. we found out about the lift from another mom, there was a phone change, be at this place — it was becoming desperate and we weren't sure of is the right move but it was the right move. —— phone chain. we went to the doctor to wait, they said they would be there at 230 and there was no formal organisation, they just say go, there was no formal organisation, theyjust say go, there will be a boat, we waited and went to 30 and the boat had mechanical errors, we didn't reali