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LUCKHURST / Companion to Modern Brithish and Irish Drama 1405122285_6_Index Final Proof page 563 11.11.2009 1:10pm Index 1798 Rebellion 294–5 Adelphi Theatre 177 1800 Act of Union 88 Adorno, Theodor 316–18, 321, 325 1845–7 Great Hunger 16 Adventures in Motion Pictures 406 1857 Indian Mutiny 350–1, 354 Aeschylus 1907 riots 96, 110 Agamemnon 521 1911 linen-mill strike 332 Oresteia 512, 520 1916 Rebellion 8, 23, 112, 125, 158, 335, 337 African National Congress (ANC) 444 1949 Geneva Convention 358 Agate, James 354 1958 Report on Economic Development see Agincourt, battle of 351 Whitaker, T. K. Ainsley, Henry 103 1967 Sexual Offences Act 226, 262, 401 Albert Hall 101, 234 1968 Paris riots 402 Albery Theatre 241 1968 Theatres Act 398–9, 491, 413 Aldwych Theatre 259, 347, 445 1974 Ulster Workers’ Strike 297, 337 Alexander, George 57, 214–15, 221 1979 Winter of Discontent 354, 386 Allen, Inglis 1984–5 Miners’ Strike 447, 522 Suffragettes’ Redemption, The 107 1991 War Crimes Act 323 Allen, Jim 1993 Downing Street Declaration 335, 449 Perdition 322–3 7:84 Theatre Company 387, 419–26, 444 Allen, John 9/11 291, 247, 368, 373, 395 Other Man, The 319 Allgood, Sarah 92 A. N. Mr Peppercorn’s Awakening 102, 104 Almeida Theatre 354, 366 Abbey Theatre 2, 16, 30, 87, 93–7, 110–15, Almost Free Theatre 401, 403 120–1, 131, 133–4, 248, 295–6, 305, Al-Quaeda 373 308–9, 312, 511, 514 Ambassadors Theatre 177 Abu Ghraib prison 358,COPYRIGHTED 520 Ambiance MATERIAL Theatre 188 Achurch, Janet 38, 41–2, 44, 48, 52–3, 56, 59 American Academy of Arts and Letters 179–80 Mrs Daintree’s Daughter 48, 52–5 American Conservatory Theatre 184 Ackerley, J. R. Amnesty International 358, 363–4 Prisoners of War 134, 306–7 Anderson, Maxwell 179 Ackland, Rodney 164–74 Angry Young Men 30, 153, 165, 175–6 Absolute Hell (The Pink Room) 171–3 Anski, Solomon 324 Actors’ Orphanage 225 anti-suffrage plays 107 Actresses’ Franchise League (AFL) 100 Antoine, Andre´ 89, 110 LUCKHURST / Companion to Modern Brithish and Irish Drama 1405122285_6_Index Final Proof page 564 11.11.2009 1:10pm 564 Index Apollo Theatre 307 Aveling, Edward 37 Arab–Israeli War 319 Avenue Theatre 90 Archer, William 37–40, 48–51, 78–9 Avignon festival 320 Old Drama and the New, The 49 Award of Merit Medal for Drama 179–80 Quicksands 38 Ayckbourn, Alan 269–78, 387, 390 Theatrical ‘World’ 49 Absent Friends 270 Arden, John 153–63, 280, 385, 387, 411, 420 Absurd Person Singular 270, 387 All That Fall 155 Body Language 276 Armstrong’s Last Goodnight 154 Comic Potential 275 Awkward Corners 156–7 Communicating Doors 273 Ballygombeen Bequest, The 154, 157 Drowning on Dry Land 275–6 Happy Haven, The 154, 160 FlatSpin 270 Island of the Mighty, The 154 Henceforward 274–5 Little Grey Home in the West, The 154 House & Garden 271–2, 274 Live Like Pigs 153 How the Other Half Loves 269, 271–2 Non-Stop Connolly Show 154, 158–60 Intimate Exchanges 274 Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance 153, 160–2 Invisible Friends 270 Soldier, Soldier 153 Living Together 271 To Present the Pretence 156 Man of the Moment 275–6 Vandaleur’s Folly 155 Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays 273 Waters of Babylon, The 153 My Sister Sadie 275 Workhouse Donkey, The 154 Norman Conquests, The 271–2, 274 Arendt, Hannah 316, 318 Private Fears in Public Places 275–6 Eichmann in Jerusalem 316 Relatively Speaking 269 Aristophanes 258, 525 Revenger’s Comedies, The 269–70 Lysistrata 525 Round and Round the Garden 271 Thesmophoriazusae 526 Sisterly Feelings 270, 273 Aristotle 242, 551 Small Family Business, A 270 Armagh prison 156 Sugar Daddies 276 Armistice Day 301 Table Manners 271 Arts Council of England 489 Taking Steps 270 Arts Council of Great Britain 425 Things We Do for Love 272 Arts Theatre (Cambridge) 260, 358 Time of My Life 272 Arts Theatre (London) 177, 263, 344, 359 Way Upstream 269–70 Asche, Oscar Whenever 273, 276 Chu Chin Chow 303 Woman in Mind 270 Ashcroft, Peggy 180, 183–4 Ashwell, Lena 103, 106 BAFTA (awards and nominations) 354 Asmus, Walter 239 Bagnold, Enid ‘at-homes’ 101 Chalk Garden, The 177–85 Atkinson, Bruce 179 Matter of Gravity, A 185 Auden, W. H. 138–49, 214, 311, 329 National Velvet 177–8 Ascent of F6, The 143–4 Baker, Edith M. Dance of Death 141, 144 Our Happy Home 102, 104 Dog Beneath the Skin, The 141–4 Baker, Elizabeth 79 Enemies of a Bishop 141 Baker, Roger In Memory of W. B. Yeats 329 Mister X 402 On the Frontier 144 Balaclava 343, 350 Paid on Both Sides 138–40, 148 Balkan Wars 198, 373, 376, 379–80, 449–50 Auschwitz 316, 321, 323 Ballymurphy massacre 333 LUCKHURST / Companion to Modern Brithish and Irish Drama 1405122285_6_Index Final Proof page 565 11.11.2009 1:10pm Index 565 Barbican 445, 450 Barry, Sebastian 394 Barbusse, Henri Barthes, Roland Under Fire 302 Lover’s Discourse, A 379, 494 Barker, H. Granville 35, 75–86, 134, 103–4 Bartlett, Neil 213, 406 characterization 77–8 Barton, John 77 Farewell to Theatre 84 Basho, Matsuo 413 His Majesty 75, 84 Bayliss, Lilian 103 Prefaces to Shakespeare 84 BBC 53, 170–1, 243, 258, 323, 354, 368, 420, Prunella 77, 79 445, 548 Madras House, The 75–6, 81, 83–4 Beaumont, Hugh ‘Binkie’ 178–80 Marrying of Anne Leete, The 75, 78, 81–3 Beckett, Samuel 13, 96, 126, 130, 176, Secret Life, The 75, 82 237–46, 250, 261, 293, 320, 348–9, Voysey Inheritance, The 75, 81–3 362, 385, 394, 412, 542, 544 Waste 75, 77, 82–3 All That Fall 237–8 Barker, Howard 374, 390–1, 429, 438, 488–98, Cascando 243 542–3 Catastrophe 243 All He Fears 496 Come and Go 238 Arguments for a Theatre 488, 493 Eh Joe 238, 243 Birth on a Hard Shoulder 492 Endgame 238, 240–1, 349 Castle, The 495 Footfalls 245 Claw 490–1 Happy Days 237, 241–3 Crimes in Hot Countries 492 Krapp’s Last Tape 243 Death, the One and the Art of Theatre 496–7 Not I 244–5 Downchild 491–2 Ohio Impromptu 245 Ecstatic Bible, The 496 Piece of Monologue, A 245 Edward, the Final Days 490 Play 237, 243–4, 544 Europeans, The 495 Quad 243 Gertrude 496 Rockaby 245 Good Between Us, The 491 Waiting for Godot 13–15, 237–9, 250, 293, Hang of the Gaol, The 491–2 348–9, 362 Judith 494–5 What Where 237 Loud Boy’s Life, The 492 Words and Music 243 Love of a Good Man, The 491 Beerbohm, Max 69 Passion in Six Days, A 491 Beerbohm Tree, Herbert 49, 57, 216 Possibilities, The 495 Beere, Mrs 216 Power of the Dog, The 495 Begnini, Roberto Swing at Night, The 496 Life is Beautiful 323 (Uncle) Vanya 496 Behan, Brendan 27, 164, 247–57 Und 496 Big House, The 255 Victory 374, 495 Brendan Behan’s Island 248 Barker, Pat Garden Party, A 255 Regeneration 302, 312 Hostage, The (An Giall ) 27, 164, 247–50, Barnes, Ben 120–1 252–6, 295 Barnes, Peter Landlady, The 255 Bewitched, The 387 Moving Out 255 Laughter! (including Auschwitz) 320 Quare Fellow, The 247–56, 295 Red Noses 522 Richard’s Cork Leg 255 Ruling Class, The 387 Belfast Agreement 27 Barrie, J. M. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry 169 Peter Pan 229 Bell, Florence 48–52 LUCKHURST / Companion to Modern Brithish and Irish Drama 1405122285_6_Index Final Proof page 566 11.11.2009 1:10pm 566 Index Bell, Florence (cont’d) Pope’s Wedding, The 412, 415 Alan’s Wife 48–51 ‘Rational Theatre’ 410–11, 417 At the Works: A Study of a Manufacturing Restoration 416 Town 50 Saved 379, 385, 398, 412–13, 415 Bell, Tom 320 Sea, The 414–15 Belsen 317, 320 Summer 322 Benn, Tony 24, 27 Woman, The 387, 415–16 Bennett, Alan 390, 393 Borderline 391 Bennett, Arnold 79 Bosquet, Marechal 343 Benson, Frank 92 Boucicault, Dion 13–14, 43, 248, 295–6 Bensusan, Inez 100 Colleen Bawn, The 13 Berkshire Theatre Festival 184 Bourke, Paddy J. 248 Berlin Wall 192–3, 448 Bourne, Bette 406 Berman, Ed 188, 401 Bourne, Matthew 406 Bhatti, Gurpreet Kaur Bournemouth Repertory Theatre 421 Behzti 2, 395 Bowie, David 226 Bible 200, 238, 251, 293, 513 Box, Muriel Billington, Michael 359, 361, 364, 368, 372, Angels of War 310–11 420 Seventh Veil, The 310–11 Birkenau 319–20 Boyd, John Birmingham Feminist History Group 182 Flats, The 331 Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2, 201, 295, 303, Braddon, Mary 43 394–5, 441–2, 445, 450–1 Brahms, Otto 110 Birtwhistle, Harrison 520, 524, 527 Brando, Marlon 543 Bjornsson, Oddur 78 Brandt, Willy 318 Black Panthers 156 Brecht, Bertolt 37, 313, 319, 323, 385, 412–13, Black Power 188, 190 417, 434, 441 Black Theatre Co-operative 388 Good Soldier Schweyk 313 Blair, Tony 26–7, 368, 431–2, 436, 438 Lehrstu¨ck 97 Blake, William 24, 26 Life of Galileo, The 17, 434, 451 Blast Theory 392 Mother Courage 434 Blavatsky, Madame 89 Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The 319, 441 Block, Simon 377 Brenton, Howard 30–2, 296, 323, 386, 390–2, Bloody Sunday 330–1, 338, 500, 503–4 399, 430, 446–7, 490–1 Bloolips 406 Berlin Bertie 392 Blunt, Wilfred Scawen 24, 89 Brassneck 430, 446 Blyton, Enid Churchill Play, The 386, 446 Famous Five 177 Genius, The 447 Boer War 159, 228 Greenland 390 Boland, Eavan 509 H.I.D.
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