Appendix 1: Timeline
1925 Piscator, Erwin. In Spite of Everything. Schauspielhaus, Berlin
1935 Eliot, T.S. Murder in the Cathedral. Canterbury Cathedral
1938 Unity Theatre. Babes in the Wood. Unity Theatre
1946 Rattigan, Terence. The Winslow Boy. London
1960 Bennett, Alan et al. Beyond the Fringe. Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Bolt, Robert. A Man for All Seasons. Globe Theatre
1961 Osborne, John. Luther: A Play. Royal Court
1963 Arendt, Arthur. Ethiopia. Living Newspaper Hochhut, Rolf. The Deputy (Der Stellvertreter). Freie Volksbühne, Berlin Theatre Workshop. Oh, What a Lovely War! Theatre Royal Stratford East
1964 Kipphardt, Heiner. In the Matter of J. Oppenheimer. Hessischer Rundfunk (German Television) then Freie Volksbühne, Berlin Shaffer, Peter. Royal Hunt of the Sun. National Theatre
1965 Weiss, Peter. The Investigation (Die Ermittlung)
1968 Bond, Edward. Early Morning. English Stage Society, Royal Court Hampton, Christopher. Total Eclipse. Royal Court
1969 Arden, John and Margaretta D’Arcy. The Hero Rises Up. Institute of Contemporary Arts at the Round House, Chalk Farm
1971 Mitchell, Anthony. Tyger. National Theatre
1974 Brenton, Howard. The Churchill Play. Nottingham Playhouse Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. RSC at Aldwych Theatre
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1977 Gems, Pam. Queen Christina. RSC The Other Place
1978 Gems, Pam. Piaf. RSC The Other Place
1979 Pownall, David. An Audience Called Edouard. Greenwich Theatre Shaffer, Peter. Amadeus. National Theatre
1981 Wertenbaker, Timberlake. New Anatomies. Women’s Theatre Group at ICA
1982 Johnson, Terry. Insignificance. Royal Court Lochhead, Liz. Blood and Ice. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
1984 Hastings, Michael. Tom and Viv. Royal Court
1985 Holliday, Joyce. Anywhere to Anywhere. Derby Playhouse Lochhead, Liz. Blood and Ice. Foco Theatre Company at Haymarket Theatre
1986 Bennett, Alan. Kafka’s Dick. Royal Court Theatre
1987 Dear, Nick. The Art of Success. RSC The Other Place Lochhead, Liz. Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. Royal Lyceum Studio, Edinburgh Whitemore, Hugh. Breaking the Code. Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
1989 Brenton, Howard. H.I.D. RSC at the Almeida Eagleton, Terry. Saint Oscar. Field Day Theatre Company at Guildhall, Derry Friel, Brian. Making History. Field Day Theatre Company at Guildhall, Derry Pinnock, Winsome. A Rock in the Water. Royal Court Young People’s Theatre
1990 Yeger, Sheila. Self Portrait. Orange Tree Richmond
1991 Yeger, Sheila. Variations on a Theme by Clara Schumann. Dartington College of Arts
1992 Bennett, Alan. The Madness of George III. National Theatre
1993 Johnson, Terry. Hysteria. Royal Court Stoppard, Tom. Arcadia. National Theatre
1994 Norton Taylor, Richard and John McGrath. Half the Picture. Tricycle Theatre Appendix 1 179
1995 Dear, Nick. The Art of Success. RSC
1996 Gems, Pam. Marlene. Oldham Coliseum Gems, Pam. Stanley. National Theatre Kent, Nicolas. Srebrenica. Tricycle Theatre Nelson, Richard. The General from America. RSC Norton Taylor, Richard. Nuremberg. Tricycle Theatre
1997 Stoppard, Tom. The Invention of Love. National Theatre
1998 Frayn, Michael. Copenhagen. National Theatre Hare, David. Judas Kiss. Almeida Theatre Company at Playhouse Theatre, London Jeffrey, Stephen. The Libertine. Out of Joint at Warwick Arts Centre Wertenbaker, Timberlake. After Darwin. Hampstead Theatre
1999 De Angelis, April. A Warwickshire Testimony. RSC The Other Place
2000 Bartlett, Neil. In Extremis Dromgoole, Dominic. Marriage in Disguise. Edgar, David. Albert Speer. National Theatre
2003 Blythe, Alecky. Come Out Eli. Recorded Delivery at Arcola Theatre, London Dallmeyer, Andrew. Hello Dalí. Edinburgh Festival Foursight Theatre. Reans Girls. Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton Frayn, Michael. Democracy. National Theatre Hare, David. The Permanent Way. Out of Joint at Theatre Royal, York Wright, Nicholas. Vincent in Brixton. National Theatre
2004 Brittain, Victoria and Gillian Slovo. Guantanamo. Tricycle Theatre Hare, David. Stuff Happens. National Theatre
2005 Graham, James. Albert’s Boy. Finborough Theatre, London Gupta, Tanika. Gladiator Games. Theatre Royal Stratford East and Sheffield Theatres Linden, Sonia. Crocodile Seeking Refuge. Ice and Fire at Lyric Hammersmith Teale, Polly. Brontë. Shared Experience at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
2006 Foursight Theatre. Thatcher – the Musical! Foursight Theatre at Warwick Arts Centre Zane, Adam. Village Voices. Hope Theatre Company at Taurus, Manchester 180 Appendix 1
2007 Penny Dreadful Theatre Company. The Bitches’ Ball. Edinburgh Festival and Tour Zane, Adam. Yesterday When I Was Young. Hope Theatre Company at the Lowry, Manchester 2008 Bacon, Christine. Rendition Monologues. Ice and Fire Outreach, Bridewell Theatre, London Appendix 2: Participants in the Interview Study
Participant 1 is a female student of the Faculty of Architecture, 19 years old, and has extensive experience of theatre in various forms, both as a spectator and, to a certain extent, as a practitioner, both in an educational context as well as on the Edinburgh Fringe. Participant 2 is a 23-year-old, male student of Modern Languages at the Faculty of Arts, also with extensive theatre experience on both sides of the curtain. In addition to being an avid theatre goer, he participated in some professional productions in Scarborough. Participant 3 is male, 20 years old and a student at the Faculty of Engineering. He has not attended the theatre at all within the last year and had little experi- ence with theatre before. Participant 4 studies at the Faculty of Law. He is 27 years old, and has hardly any theatre experience at all. Participant 5 is a 27-year-old, female student of the Faculty of Medicine with some theatre experience in the past. Participant 6 also brings some theatre experience. She is 18 years old and studies at the Faculty of Science. Participant 7 is a female student of the Faculty of Social Sciences and has hardly any experience with theatre.
181 Appendix 3: Thatcher – the Musical! Survey
This survey is part of an ongoing PhD project about people’s perception of differ- ent kinds of plays. Many questions therefore leave room for short answers in your own words. I am aware that this might require a little more of your time than simply ticking a box, but all your comments are greatly appreciated – without them it would be impossible to know what spectators really think! Please feel free to use complete sentences or just short notes, according to your own preference. THANK YOU!
Your Expectations 1) What information did you have about the play before coming to the theatre? (Please tick all appropriate answers)