British Theater Director Peter Hall Dies Aged 86

File photo: British national theatre director Sir Peter Hall talks to journalists during a press conference in Athens, Greece, August 8, 1988. Reueters/Yannis Behrakis/File Photo

LONDON—Leading British theater director Peter Hall, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has died at the age of 86, the National Theater said on Tuesday.

Hall died on Monday at University College Hospital, London, surrounded by his family, the theater said in a statement.