linsey smith there reporting from nottingham crown court.he introduced the works of samuel beckett and harold pinter to british audiences. nick higham looks back at his life. i think she wants to be that side. he started as britain‘s most talented young director, charismatic and adventurous. at stratford aged just 29, he created the royal shakespeare company. not bad for the working—class son of a railway man. we‘re not going to read the play, and embarrass each other and ourselves. the rsc was a company of international standard which attracted the very best actors. wilt thou accept a ransom? yea or no? peggy ashcroft was one, here in an early hall triumph, a reworking of shakespeare‘s henry vi plays, as the wars of the roses. sir peter was a visionary. he was a colossus bestriding the world of british theatre. in a way, it would be iniquitous to pick out any individual production. i think his greatest legacy must be the company he formed, the royal shakespeare company. but the wunderkind suffered a nervous breakdown and quit. only to re—em