Peter Griffith was born in 1951 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and
was educated at Cranleigh School. After an Honours degree
(English language and literature) at the University of Durham
he gained a Postgraduate training in drama and education at
Leeds University, and a Licentiateship of the Guildhall School
of Music and Drama. He worked for five years as a drama
teacher, after which he had had thirty years of professional
experience as an actor, theatrical director, playwright, and
singer.

In 1978 Peter Griffith founded White Horse Theatre and has
been since then its artistic director. He is married to a psy-
chologist and lives with his wife and two children in Soest,
Westphalia (Germany). He has written 30 plays for the com-
pany and directed more than 80 productions. Furthermore he
is the author of two published books on educational theatre.

Peter Griffith also has many years' experience of running
theatre workshops and seminars on the use of drama in
teaching - including frequent in-service training courses for
German teachers, and the directing of workshops and devised
productions in the Bochumer Schauspielhaus in Germany.