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Abbey Theatre 3, 5 Arden, John 84 Academy of Dramatic Art, The (see Live Like Pigs 134, 139 also RADA) 79 Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance 28, 156, Achurch, Janet 18 169 Ackland, Rodney Strange Orchestra Arnold, Matthew 2 142 Art on the Run (Natural Theatre) 53 Ackroyd, Judith 213 Artaud, Antonin 83–4, 165, 169 actor-managers 66 Arts Council Actresses’ Franchise League 90–1, and collaboration 79 193–4 and ‘democracy’ 29–31 Adams, Robert 206 and national theatre 7, 16 adult education 10, 29, 86 and theatre in education 214 Adult Education Committee 87 funding for new work 44, 201 agit-prop 94–5, 99, 159, 190–1, 198, views on role of 10–12 223 Arts Lab (Drury Lane) 43, 58, 198 AgitProp Information Service 42 Arts theatre (Cambridge) 30 Agitprop Street Players 197 Ashwell, Lena 7, 35, 90–1 Albany Empire theatre 215 Asian theatre 205 Albery, Bronson 81 Association of Community Theatres, Aldwych Farces 122 The 215 Aldwych theatre 24, 46, 59, 112, 126 Auden, W. H. 89, 132–3, 167 Alexander, George 17, 33 The Ascent of F6 133–4 Alfreds, Mike 85 The Dog Beneath the Skin 133, 166–7 Allen, Jim Perdition 221–2, 224 audience Allen, John 88–8, 160 noise 34 Almost Free theatre 195, 200, 203 as participant 39–41, 58 ‘alternative’ theatre 223 as witness 37–9, 201 amateur players 8, 11, 196 Aukin, David 72 amateur drama movement 8, 86–90 ‘authenticating’ convention 162–3 in Scotland 5–5 Ayckbourn, Alan state funding and 29 Absurd Person Singular 127–8 amateurism 65 Ambassadors theatre 123 Babes in the Wood (Unity) 89 Anderson, Lindsay 104 Baker, Elizabeth Archer, William 1–4, 11, 17–18, 80, 86 Chains 20, 136, 138

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Edith 194 Lear 168 The Price of Thomas Scott 20–1 Saved 139, 154, 166, 220 Baker, Roger 92 Borsa, Mario 22, 24, 33, 223 Banner Theatre of Actuality 49, 95–6 Bourne, Bette 101, 204 Barker, Clive 31 Bradford 19 Barker, Howard 38, 168–70, 223 Civic Playhouse 87–8 The Castle 169 College of Art 53, 77, 100 Barrault, Jean-Louis 82 Brecht, Bertolt 98–9, 160, 166, 223 Barrie, J. M. 79 Brenton, Howard 14, 15–16, 46, 67, Barthes, Roland 119 112, 167 Bartlett, Neil 57, 107–8 Brassneck 149 A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep Christie in Love 167 107–8 Romans in Britain 221 Basement Group (Newcastle) 52 Weapons of Happiness 14–16 Bassnett, Susan 196 Brewster, Yvonne 206 Bath 53 Bridie, James 5 Baylis, Lilian 23 Brighouse, Harold 4 BBC 6 Brighton 215 Beaumont, Hugh ‘Binkie’ 22–3 Bristol Old Vic 30 Beckett, Samuel 111 British Drama League 8–9, 29, 87 Waiting for Godot 141 Brith Gof 50 Beerbohm Tree, Herbert 17–18, 79 Gododdin 51, 183 Belt and Braces 49, 197 Brixton Faeries 203 Berman, Ed Broadside Mobile Workers Theatre49, Ambiance 43 90, 192 Inter-Action 39, 43, 195–6, 200 Brook, Peter 83–4, 165, 169–71 Bethnal Rouge Bookshop Collective Marat/Sade 170 202 Orghast 170 Bevin, Ernest 9, 12 Browne, E. Martin 29, 131–2 Beyond the Fragments 183 Browning, Angela 221 Bicat, Tony 72 Buckland, Robert 88 Birmingham 19, 52, 54, 214 Where’s That Bomb? 88–9 Black Arts Alliance 209 Bull, John 223 Black Mountain College 77 Burden, Chris 37–8 Black Theatre Co-op205, 207 Burns, Elizabeth 162 Blast Theory40 –1, 55 Byam Shaw, Glen 80 Rider Spoke 182–4 Uncle Roy All around You 40–1, 54, Cadbury, Peter 22 183 Calder, John 94 BLOOLIPS 101, 203–5, 212 Callow, Simon 73 Belle Reprieve 101–2 Cambridge Festival theatre 25–6, 45, Bloomfield, Nicolas107 133 Boden, Theresa75 Campbell, Herbert 25 Bond, Edward 113, 166–7, 171 Cardew, Cornelius 77 Early Morning 167 Cardiff 51

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Cartoon Archetypal Slogan Theatre Corrie, Joe 5 197 Council for the Encouragement of Casson, Lewis 29 Music and the Arts (CEMA) 6–7, Castleford 192 9, 29–31 Censor, office of9, 220 Countess Cathleen (Yeats) 2 censorship 220–2 Court theatre 90, 120–1, 129, 137, 193 Central School of Speech-Training and audience and 36, 122 Dramatic Art, The 79–80 influence of4 Chadwick, Jon 37 Coveney, Michael 106 Cheek by Jowl 109 Coventry 11, 147 Cheeseman, Peter (see also Victoria Belgrade theatre 214 theatre) 47–8, 85, 161 Hereward college 210 Chesterfield11 Coward, Noël 103, 113 children’s theatre 10 Hay Fever 123–5, 128, 144 chorus 36 Present Laughter 143 Chu Chin Chow 20 This Happy Breed 143–5, 148–9 Church, Esmé 87 Crayford Reading Circle 7–8 Churchill, Caryl 110 Craig, Edith 90, 193 Fen 156–8 Craig, Edward Gordon 99 Circus Oz 199 Crimp, Martin Attempts on her Civic Theatre Scheme9, 12 Life 85 Colchester 11, 54 Croft, Michael36 Colchester Repertory Company 9 Culler, Jonathan 119 collective writing 74, 198 Cunning Stunts 199–200, 205 Combination, the 215 Comédie Française 2 D’Arcy, Margaretta 84 comédien 81 Dean, Basil 7, 10 Common Ground 74 design 106, 107, 175 The Fence 74–6 de Valois, Ninette 23 community, audience as 28, 35–6, 44, Devine, George 23, 28, 69, 80–2, 105, 47, 201 111 community and documentary 161 devising 76, 78, 85–6, 106, 109, 179, community centres (see also Oval 198 House) 50 Dexter, John 104 community politics 74, 78 Dhondy, Farrukh 205 community theatre 7, 48, 195, 215–17, Digby, Robert 9 223 director, role of 67, 74, 82 Compagnie des Quinze 68 ‘Dirty Plays’ 22 Complicite (Theatre de Complicite) Diva Dan 203–4, 212 76–7, 85, 179–80 Dobbins, Ray 204 Street of Crocodiles 179 documentary theatre 95, 161–4 confessional performance 38–9, 97 Dogs in Honey 55 Cons, Emma 23 Donnellan, Declan 109 Cooper, Emmanuel 201 Doone, Rupert 133 Copeau, Jacques 81, 104 Dossor, Alan 47–8, 85

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Double Edge Ragamuffin 209 Forced Entertainment 37, 53, 109–10, drama in education 214–15 175–7, 183 dress of audience 33–4 Emanuelle Enchanted 96 Drill Hall theatre 107–8 Marina & Lee 178 du Garde Peach, L. 29 Speak Bitterness 38, 184 Duke of York’s theatre 150 Ford, John ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore 105 Dungey, Jan 199 Fox, John 43, 53, 77, 180 DV8 178 Franko B 38 Freehold 43, 72 Edgar, David 46, 112 fringe 14, 215, 223 Destiny 46, 112 Frohman, Charles 20 Edinburgh 19, 26, 72, 82 Fry, Christopher 23, 113, 134 Festival 94 Edwardes, George 20 Gaiety theatre (Manchester) 4, 20–1, Eliot, T. S. 47, 132–4 67, 99 Murder in the Cathedral 132 Gaiety Variety theatre (Newcastle) 19 The Rock 132 Galsworthy, John 137 Elliot, Michael 27 Gang of Four 175 Elsom, John 13 Gaskill, William 67, 72, 98 English, John 214 Gate theatre 45, 133 English Stage Company 23, 207 Gateshead 52 aesthetic of 81, 84 Gay Street Theatre Group 195 and audience 28 Gay Sweatshop 197, 200–1, 221 and censorship 112, 220 Age of Consent 200 and writers’ theatre 27, 111, 113–14, As Time Goes By 200–2 165 Care and Control 201 Associate Director scheme 104 Mr X 92–3, 200 Entertainment Tax 22 gay theatre 92 Entertainments National Service Gems, Pam 196 Association (ENSA) 7 Genet, Jean 84 Equity 10, 206 George, Colin 26 Etchells, Tim 37–8, 108, 175–6, 178 Gielgud, John 68, 81, 104 Expressionism 26, 160 Gielgud theatre 24 Eyre, Richard 67, 112 Gilbert, W. S. 129 Ginner, Ruby 130 Feast (London International Festival of Glasgow 19 Theatre) 55 Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre 5, 30, Feinstein, Elaine 74 105–9 feminist theatre 98, 193–201 Chinchilla 106 Fine Rats International 52 Glasgow Repertory Theatre 4 First World War 6–7, 86, 122, 142, 144 Glasgow Unity 5 Foco Novo 72 Gloria 56 Nine Days and Saltley Gates 31, 37, Godfrey, Peter 133 48 Gollancz, Victor 88 Fogerty, Elsie 79–80, 86, 129–30, 135 Gomila, Francis 52

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Gooch, Steve 98, 215 Harrison, Tony The Trackers of The Motor Show 215 Oxyrhynchus 134–5 Graeae 201, 210–13 Havergal, Giles 105 Granville Barker, Harley Haymarket theatre 17 and Stage Society 18 Haynes, Jim 43, 72, 223 as director 36, 68, 103–4 Heddon, Deirdre 78, 178 as programmer 4, 20 Hedley, Philip 207 Hall’s repudiation of 13 Hesitate and Demonstrate 173–5 plans for national theatre 1–4, 6, 11, Hidden from History (Rowbotham) 13, 17, 80, 86 202 The Madras House 68, 150–1 Hippodrome theatre 25 Gray, Terence 26, 133 His Majesty’s theatre 17 Greenham Common 74, 169 Hoban, Russell 175 Greenwood, John Ormerod 133 Hodge, Herbert 88 Greet, Ben 79 Cannibal Carnival 89 Greig, Noël 91, 135, 201–2 Where’s That Bomb? 88–9 Plague of Innocence 85, 112, 135–6 Holt, Stephen Men 201, 203 Poppies 221 Hooker, Charlie 52 Griffin, Hayden 72 Horniman, Annie 3–4, 20, 67 Griffiths, Drew 92, 201 Hot Peaches 204 Griffiths, Trevor 46–7, 67, 112, 222 Houghton, Stanley 4, 7 Comedians 27–8 How e , P. P. 4, 102, 110, 138, 150 Grotowski, Jerzy 85–5 Howell, Anthony 96–7 Group Theatre 89, 133 Ting: Theatre of Mistakes, The96 –7, Guildhall School of Music 79–80 155, 180 Guinness, Alec 105 Hoyland, John 37, 42 Guthrie, Tyrone 5, 23, 29, 69, 81, 133 Hull 19 aesthetic of 103–5 Hunt, Albert 53–3, 77–8, 100, 169 and theatre in the round 26 Russian Revolution re-enactment 53 in Scotland 5 ‘hybrid’ 177 influence of105 Ibsen, Henrik 18, 137 Hackney Empire theatre 25 Ikoli, Tunde Half Moon theatre 98, 215 Scrape off the Black 208 Hall, Peter 13–14, 17, 104 Impact Theatre Co-op 174–6 Hall, Stuart 138 improvisation 72 Hallsworth, Elsie 48 Independent Labour Party dramatic Hamilton, Cicely 90, 194 societies 10 Diana of Dobson’s 35, 194–5 Innes, Christopher 166 A Pageant of Great Women 194 Inroads 48–9 Happenings 43, 78, 94, 223 The Rents Play 49 Hare, David 14, 67, 72–3, 112–13, The Nurses Play 49 149 installations 51 Brassneck 149 Institute of Contemporary Arts 200 Fanshen 72 Ionesco, Eugene 111

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Ipswich 11 Lawrence, D. H. 137 Ireland 3, 5 Lay By 167, 170–1 Irish drama 4 Leacroft, Richard 12 Irish National Theatre Society 3 Lean, David Irving, Henry 17–19, 79 Brief Encounter 141 Isherwood, Christopher 89, 133, 167 This Happy Breed 144 The Ascent of F6 133–4 Lear’s Daughters 74 The Dog Beneath the Skin 133, 166–7 Lecoq, Jacques 77, 85, 178 Islam 151 Leeds 19, 98, 174 ITC/TACT Joint Action Committee Civic Playhouse 87 16–17 Left Book Club Theatre Guild88 Itzin, Catherine 223 Left Theatre 89–90 Lehmann, Beatrix 10 Jellicoe, Ann 162, 164, 216 Leicester Haymarket theatre 196 The Sport of My Mad Mother 166 lesbian theatre 92 Jenner, Caryl 214 Linscott, Jess 29 Jennings, Gertrude A Woman’s Littler, Emile 22 Influence 193–4 Littler, Prince 19 John, Errol Moon on a Rainbow Shawl Prince Littler Consolidated 207 Trust 19 Joint Stock 14, 30, 72–3, 110 Littlewood, Joan 47, 69–70, 72, 83, 85, Jones, Simon 223 89, 105, 161 Jones, Thomas 29 live camera mediation 164, 177 Joseph, Stephen 27 Liverpool 19 Liverpool Everyman 47 Kaiser, Georg 160 Living Newspaper 159 Kane, Sarah 113 Lloyd, Marie 99 Blasted 170–1, 212 local authorities 10–12 Crave 85 London Academy of Music 79 Ken Campbell Roadshow 39 London Coliseum theatre 25 Kemp, Lindsay 174 London Palladium theatre 19 Kershaw, Baz 44–5, 162, 220, 223 London Pavilion As You Were 160 Keynes, John Maynard 30 London Theatre Studio69, 81, 89 Kingsway theatre 35 ‘long run’, the 66 Komisarjevsky, Theodore104 Lukács, Georg 144 Kuppers, Petra 217, 218 Lumiere & Son 173–6 Lyric theatre, Hammersmith 22, 57 La Frenais, Rob 223 Lyttleton theatre 15 Lacey, Stephen 138 La Mama/ Café La Mama 72, 85, 173 Macdonald, Robert David 105–6, 108 LAMDA 165 Mackey, Sally 55 Landstone, Charles 11–19, 29–30 Mackintosh, Cameron 20 Langtry, Lillie 90 MacLennan, Liz 100 Laughton, Charles 81 Maddermarket theatre 87, 103 Lavender, Andy 54 Maid of the Mountains, The 20

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Malleson, Miles 10 Mitchell, Adrian 77 The Fanatics 144 Mitchell, Robert 89 Manchester 4, 46, 69 modernism 18, 45, 114, 192 ‘school’ 99 Monck, Nugent 87, 103–4 Manchester University Press 221 Monstrous Regiment 196, 200 Mann, Charlie 95 Time Gentlemen Please 98 Meerut 94–5 Moore, Decima 91 Margate 25 Morgan, Edwin 147 Marivaux Island of Slaves 57 Moss, Horace Edward 19, 24–5 Marlowe, Christopher Massacre at Murray, Gilbert 121, 129–9, 135 Paris 106 musical 20 Marowitz, Charles 43, 83–4, 100, 165–6, 223 National Theatre, The (see Archer, W Marshall, Norman 9, 25, 45 and Barker, H. G) 1–3, 65 Martin, William 43 National Theatre: Parliamentary Matcham, Frank 19, 25, 57 debates 4, 9 Matura, Mustapha 205, 206 National Theatre Authority 10 Welcome Home Jacko 207–8 National Theatre building 13–18, Maude, Cyril 17 112 Maugham, William Somerset 102–3, company 7, 46, 149 111–13, 136, 144, 147 The Mysteries 27 For Services Rendered 142–3, 145–6, National Youth Theatre 36 148, 171 Neilson, Anthony 113 Home and Beauty 122, 144 Newcastle 19 Mawer, Irene 130 People’s Theatre 87 Maynard Smith, Julian 56, 97, 180–1 New Drama 150, 222 McBurney, Simon 76–8, 85, 105, 109, 179 New Theatre Quarterly discussion of McColl, Ewan 69–70, 72, 95 Thatcherism224 McCreery, Kathleen 192 New Wave 82, 139, 222 McDonald, Jan 5 Newson, Lloyd 178 McGrath, John 35, 46, 67, 85, 92, 112 Nicholson, Harold 134 Soft or a Girl 47 Nicholson, Helen 216–18 The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black, Nicholson, Steve 220 Black Oil 100 Nietzsche, Friedrich 151 McLeish, Robert 5 North West Spanner 31, 49, 51–2 McMillan, Michael 206, 208–9 Safety First or Last 49 Medium Fair 215 Winding Up 49 meetings scenes 37 Norton, Alex 100 melodrama 58, 110, 177, 184 Norton-Taylor, Richard 163 Merseyside Unity Man with a Plan 160 The Colour of Justice 163 Middlesbrough 25 Norwich Players 87 Miller, Arthur Death of a Salesman 23 Nottingham 11, 19 Miller, Roland 94 Playhouse 27, 67, 112, 149 Milling, Jane 78–8, 178 Nuneaton 25 minimalism 96 Nuttall, Jeff 77, 94

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Old Vic theatre 6–7, 10, 13, 23, 104 The Birthday Party 139 in Burnley 29 The Caretaker 153 tours 29 The Dumb Waiter 212 Old Vic Theatre School23, 67, 80–1 The Homecoming 153–5 Oliver, Peter 43 Pioneer Players 193 Olivier, Laurence 13, 18, 81, 113 Pip Simmons 43–4 Once A Week Players 7 George Jackson Black and White Open Cast 49 Minstrel Show 39 Open Space 43 Piscator, Erwin 160 orature 209 Pitsk, Litz 81 Orton, Joe 112, 127 Plah, Jag 211 Entertaining Mr Sloane 22, 154 play 77 Loot 122–3 plays without incident 150 What the Butler Saw 125 Poel, William 26, 103 Osborne, John 113, 147 Pope, Alan 93–3 A Patriot for Me 220 Portable Theatre 43, 72, 224 Look Back in Anger 82, 139, 141, postmodernism 45 145–8, 222 post-show discussions 92 The Entertainer 113, 147 Priestley, J. B. 10, 22, 87, 111, 152 Oval House 43, 199, 203, 204 An Inspector Calls 152–3 Owusu, Kwesi 207, 209 ‘symbolic action’ 152 Oxford Gay Action Group 195 Theatre Outlook 11–12 Oxford Music Hall (London) 19 They Came to a City 139–40 Oxford Playhouse 45 Prince’s theatre 194 Oxford University Dramatic Society process (of production) 76, 109–10, 104 218–19 Oxford Women’s Action Group 195 processional performance 40, 53, 180 promenade theatre 27 Paris 41–2 propaganda 10–11 Parliament of the British Theatre10 Provincial Theatre Council 9 participation/participant (see Prowse, Philip 105–6 audience) 55, 182–3, 192, 215–19 publishing 110, 113 Pearl, Precious 101 Punch and Judies 195 Pearson, Mike 50–1 Pelleas and Melisande (Maeterlinck) 2 Queen’s theatre 24, 68 People Show, The39, 43, 94, 97, 173–4, 180, 199 RADA 89 performance art 223–4 Ratcliff, A. J. J.11 Phillips, Mike 205, 206 Rattigan, Terence 111–12, 147 physical theatre 178–9, 223 The Deep Blue Sea 139–42, 145–6, Pilgrim Players 29 148 Pilgrim Trust 27, 29 Ravenhill, Mark 113 Pinero, A. W. 1, 32, 79, 144 Shopping and Fucking 205 Trelawny of the ‘Wells’ 2 Rebel Players 88 Pinter, Harold 76, 104, 153, 157 Rebellato, Dan 28–9, 33–4

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receiving houses 66 Sadler’s Wells theatre 23 Reckford, Barry 138 Saint-Denis, Michel 23, 68–9, 73, 80–2, Skyvers 207 89, 104–5 Red Ladder 42–3, 49, 73, 76, 99, 192, Salford 48–9, 190 197 Samuel, Raphael 192 Strike While the Iron Is Hot 37, 94, Sartre, Jean-Paul 111 98 Scala theatre 11, 194 Red Megaphones 95, 190, 192 Scarborough 27, 127 Red Shift 107 Scotland 4–6, 46, 100 Rees, Llewellyn 81 Scottish drama 4–5 Rees, Roland 72 Scottish National Players 5, 87 rehearsed readings 198 Scottish National Players Committee 4 Religious Drama Society 29 Scottish National Theatre Society 5 Richards, Grant 18 Second World War 9, 29, 33, 140, 143 Richardson, Ralph 13 7:84 theatre company 46, 92, 98, 100 Richardson, Tony 23, 82 Shaban, Nabil 210 Ritchie, Rob 45, 72, 73 Shaffer, PeterEquus 170–1 Roberts, Elane 211 Shakespeare, William 3, 6–7, 47, 80–1 Robertson, Tom 102 modern directors and 26, 87, 103–4, Robins, Elizabeth 194 109 Votes for Women 36, 90, 193 Shared Experience 85 rock bands 44 Sharp, William 18 Rough Theatre 49 Shaw, George Bernard 13, 110, 119 Royal College of Music 80 and Society drama 120, 137 Royal Court theatre 69 reputation of 120–2 actors at 82, 84 ‘Shavian’ drama 111, 121, 123, 127 aesthetic of 98 stage directions 120, 123 as writers’ theatre 82, 85, 111, 113 Major Barbara 120–2 audience 28, 35, 156 Shaw, Peggy 101 Come Together Festival 39 Sheffield 19, 53 European plays at 111 Crucible theatre 26 politics of 82, 113 Sherman, Martin Bent 201, 203 programming 165 Shields, Ella 99 reputation of 27, 112, 205 Shiels, George 5 Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 222 Shunt 57–8 Royal Court Young People’s Theatre Silvera, Frank 206 Scheme Age of Consent 200 site-specific art51 Royal Exchange theatre 27, 81 performance 50–2, 56 Royal Shakespeare Company 13, 46, Situationism 42, 167 83, 112, 126, 165, 170 Slade, Peter 214 Royal Shakespeare Experimental Slater, Montagu Group 83 Easter: 1916 89–90 Rudkin, David New Way Wins 131 Afore Night Come 22, 154, 166 Smethwick 52 The Saxon Shore 171 Smith, Charles 87

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Smith, Ivan 52 Test Dept 78 Society of West End Managers 23 Thatcher, Margaret 31, 38, 107, 204, Soviet Union 11, 12, 41 222 Split Britches 101 ‘Thatcherism’45, 107, 224 Belle Reprieve 101–2 theatre as a weapon 10–11 Sprague, W. G. R 25 Theatre Centre214 St Andrew’s Society 4 theatre in education 211, 214–15 St James’s theatre 17, 33 theatre in the round 26 Stafford-Clark, Max 72, 76, 85, 222 ‘Theatre of Cruelty’165 Stage Society 18, 28, 82, 110, 114, 120, Theatre of the Deaf211 137 Theatre Royal, Stratford East 207 Stanislavsky, Konstantin 81–3, 183 Theatre Union69 Stan’s Cafe 177 Theatre Workshop30, 69–72, 77, start times of shows 32–3 83–4 state-of-the-nation plays 16, 135, 149, John Bullion 69 176 Oh What a Lovely War 160–1 Station House Opera 49, 56, 97, 180, The Quare Fellow 70 183 Uranium 235 70–1 Bastille Dances 181–3 Thomas, Tom191 –2 Stelarc 54 The First of May 130 Stewart, Ena Lamont 5 Their Theatre and Ours 99, 190 Stoll, Oswald 19, 25 Thompson, Paul The Motor Show 215 Stoll Theatres19 Thorndike, Sybil 29 Stoppard. Tom 120, 125–7 Thorne, Sarah 79 Storey, David 104 Thornton, Richard 19 Stourac, Richard 192 Three Sisters, The (Chekhov) 68 Strand theatre 24 Tilley, Vesta 99 Strasser, Jani 81 Toller, Ernst 160 Stratford (East) 83 Tomalin, Nicholas 13 SuAndi 209–10 Tomlinson, Richard 210–12 Suburban Theatre Managers touring 29–31, 44, 100, 112, 176 Association 20 Travers, Ben 120, 122, 124, 127, 142 Rookery Nook 122–3 Talawa 206–7 Traverse theatre 72, 85 Tara Arts 205, 207 Tricycle theatre 163 Tavistock Players 89 twice nightly 19 Taylor, Jon Jon 204 Tynan, Kenneth 220 Taylor, Philip 218 technical design 67 Ulster 5 telematic performance 54 Ulster Literary Theatre5 Tennent Ltd, H. M. 22, 30, 111, 113 Unicorn Theatre Club214 Tennyson, Alfred Lord Becket 129 Unity Theatre (London)5, 42, 88–9, Temba 207 92, 159 Terry, Ellen 90 Busmen 159–60 Terson, Peter Zigger Zagger 36 University drama 8, 10

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Vallins, Gordon 214 Williams, Harcourt 104 van Gyseghem, André 10–11, Williams, Raymond 58, 114, 136–7 89, 191 Williams, Tennessee A Streetcar variety 19–20, 25, 32 Named Desire 23, 101 Vaughan, Gertrude 194 Williams, W. E. 29 Venturers Club 211 Willis, Ted 10, 11 verbatim theatre 96, 163–4 Women’s Company 196 Verma, Jatinder 205 Women’s Street Theatre Group195 Victoria theatre (Stoke on Trent) 27, Women’s Theatre Group196, 198, 200, 35, 47 216, 224 The Knotty 161–3 My Mother Says I Never Should Vine, Chris 100–1 197–8 visual theatre 180, 224 Women Writers’ Suffrage League 193–4 Waiting for Lefty (Odets) 88 Woodrow, A. E. 25 Waldorf theatre 59 Workers’ Educational Association Wallis, Mick 86, 89 (WEA) 11 Walton, Iris 199 Workers’ Theatre Movement (WTM) Wandor, Michelene 201 69, 92, 97, 190–2 Wardle, Irving 153 aesthetic of 94–5, 99, 130 Way, Brian 214 origins of Unity in 88 Weaver, Lois 101–2 politics of 88 Welfare State 40, 43, 53, 77, 96, 180, tradition of 43, 214–15 184 Women’s Theatre Group, The74 Wesker, Arnold 104 Wyndham, Charles 17 Chicken Soup with Barley 147–9, 156 Whelen, Frederick 18 Yarker, James 177 Whitehouse, Mary 204, 220 York 48 Whitworth, Geoffrey 7–8 Young Vic 214 Wilde, Oscar 120, 126 The Importance of Being Earnest 2, zaps 202, 205 125 Zephaniah, Benjamin Job Rocking 135