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The Royal Court Theatre and the modern stage
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The Royal Court Theatre and the modern stage

Author: Philip Roberts
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series: Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An account of the Royal Court Theatre's history from 1956 to 1998, Philip Roberts's text is based upon archives in both public and private collections and a series of interviews with people prominent in the Court's life.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Roberts
ISBN: 0521474388 9780521474382 0521479622 9780521479622
OCLC Number: 40467392
Description: xxi, 291 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Max Stafford-Clark --
Introduction: abortive schemes, 1951-1954 --
1. Coincidences, 1954-1956 --
2. The struggle for control, 1956-1960 --
3. Conflict and competition, 1961-1965 --
4. A socialist theatre, 1965-1969 --
5. A humanist theatre, 1969-1975 --
6. Changing places, 1975-1979 --
7. Theatre in a cold climate, 1980-1986 --
8. Holding on, 1987-1993.
Series Title: Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
Responsibility: Philip Roberts.
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A 1999 account of the leading forum of the modern stage; includes Foreword by former Director of the Royal Court, Max Stafford-Clark.  Read more...

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'Philip Roberts ... produces an essential documentary account ...' Times Literary Supplement

 
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