VOTE OF THANKS - Geoffrey Tolson

And thanks also to . . . . . the members of the Society who help at our meetings.

For this lecture, the volunteer Members include: Greeting and Reception Fire Wardens Olga Depledge, Jenny Jay, Gerry Corless, Jacqueline Love, Virginia Roberts, Marilyn Smith Philip Bailey, Eric Stringer, Marion Nuttall, Pam Foster Event Booking Denise Fagge Information Displays Kate Cartmell Raffle

Christine Cockburn, Lesley Jarvis Photography

Ged Curley

Refreshments THE ARTS Rita Calvert, Alicia Grant Lecture Leaflet Tony Depledge SOCIETY Video and Audio FYLDE Allan Foster, Tony Depledge,

Our lectures and meetings would not be possible without the willing OSBORNE, PINTER and Co. assistance of our many volunteers. If you would like to help, please speak to - POST-WAR BRITISH THEATRE any of the volunteers working on an activity that you would like to support or feel free to contact Rita Calvert on 01253 735377. GILES RAMSAY

NEXT LECTURE 7 February 2018 Wednesday 7 March 2018 St Annes United Reformed Church Hall, FY8 2AE Sarah Dunant on the life and work of Isabella d’Este THE ARTS www.theartssocietyfylde.org.uk SOCIETY www.theartssocietyfylde.org.uk FYLDE Supporting the Arts in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre OSBORNE, PINTER and COMPANY GILES RAMSAY - POST-WAR BRITISH THEATRE Giles Ramsay is an independent theatre In 1956 British theatre audiences heard director and producer who specializes in a harsh new voice in John Osborne’s creating new work with artists in developing Look Back in Anger. Within two years countries. He is the Founding Director of the Pinter’s extraordinary play The Birthday charity Developing Artists, a Fellow of St. Party had opened and split the critics Chad’s College, Durham University and and the public alike. Then along came Course Leader in Theatre at The Victoria and Joe Orton, Edward Bond and Tom Albert Museum in London. He has worked at Stoppard. A revolution was taking place venues including The Riverside Studios, The and its artistic aftermath can be felt to Theatre Museum, The British Museum, the present day. Artsdepot, Flowers East Gallery and The National Theatre in London as well as at The Pleasance Theatre, The Assembly Rooms and The Traverse Theatre (Fringe First winner 2005) in Edinburgh. As a writer, Giles won The Soho Theatre’s Westminster Prize with his play Shall We Go to the Alhambra? Other plays include Territory (Harare, London, Edinburgh), Only As Multiple (Edinburgh) and Crocodile which premiered at The Harare Festival in May 2007 and received a staged reading in the USA starring Lisa Harrow in October 2008. Giles was educated at the universities of Cambridge, London and Durham (where he was President of the Union). Giles has also organised many development and travel programmes for theatres affiliated with the North American Theatre Communications Group and given numerous talks for institutions ranging from The Foundation for Mexican Literature in Mexico City to The Royal College of Physicians in London. He regularly lectures on the history and practice of European theatre on Queen Mary 2 for Cunard.

SUGGESTED FURTHER READING State of the Nation by Michael Billington Cover: “Look Back in Anger”, National Theatre, dir. Greg Hersov, 1999, with Michael Sheen as Jimmy Porter Anger and After by John Russell Taylor This page: John Osborne (1929-1994), Harold Pinter (1930-2008), A Pocket Guide to C20th Drama by Stephen Unwin Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), “Entertaining Mr Sloane”, London Classic Theatre, dir. Michael Cabot, The Grand Theatre Blackpool, 2014