Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86986-7 - The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre Simon Shepherd Index More information Index 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, 138 240 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86986-7 - The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre Simon Shepherd Index More information Index 241 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 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86986-7 - The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre Simon Shepherd Index More information 242 Index 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 of 9, 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 of 4 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 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86986-7 - The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre Simon Shepherd Index More information Index 243 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 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86986-7 - The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre Simon Shepherd Index More information 244 Index 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.