Royal Court Theatre

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Performance of text Shelagh Delaney
A second, moderately successful production of SD 's play The Lion in Love opened at London's Royal Court Theatre , where it was presented by the English Stage Company .
Delaney, Shelagh. The Lion in Love. Methuen.
prelims
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
121
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
The original production, directed by Jules Wright , moved with only one cast change from Manchester to London, to the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs , in November 1983, and to the main auditorium on...
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
SD dedicated this play to all the friends, both mothers and teachers who have shared their experiences with me. She acknowledged the influence of Phyllis Chesler 's interpretation of the myth of Demeter and Persephone...
Employer Sarah Daniels
SD became an associate writer-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
Ripen Our Darkness, a play by SD about a woman exploited by her family and ignored by society, opened at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs (the smaller auditorium).
Griffin, Gabriele. “Violence, Abuse, and Gender Relations in the Plays of Sarah Daniels”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 194-11.
207
Daniels, Sarah. Plays: One. Methuen.
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Performance of text Sarah Daniels
SD 's play The Devil's Gateway was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.
Griffin, Gabriele. “Violence, Abuse, and Gender Relations in the Plays of Sarah Daniels”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 194-11.
207
Daniels, Sarah. Plays: One. Methuen.
74
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
Byrthrite, SD 's historical feminist drama about women's reproductive rights and the persecution of witches, set during the English Civil War, was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre .
Griffin, Gabriele. “Violence, Abuse, and Gender Relations in the Plays of Sarah Daniels”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 194-11.
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Daniels, Sarah. Plays: One. Methuen.
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Cousin, Geraldine. Women in Dramatic Place and Time: Contemporary Female Characters on Stage. Routledge.
92
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
The Women's Playhouse Trust first performed a play by SD about sexual abuse, Beside Herself, at the Royal Court Theatre , directed by Jules Wright .
Daniels, Sarah. Plays: Two. Methuen.
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Goodman, Lizbeth, and Jane De Gay. Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre. Harwood Academic Publishers.
100
Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris. Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary (Women) Practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan.
82
Performance of text Sarah Daniels
Another play by SD opened at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs: The Madness of Esme and Shaz, performed by the English Stage Company .
Griffin, Gabriele. “Violence, Abuse, and Gender Relations in the Plays of Sarah Daniels”. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights, edited by Elaine Aston and Janelle Reinelt, Cambridge University Press, pp. 194-11.
207
Daniels, Sarah. Plays: Two. Methuen.
264, chronology
Publishing Sarah Daniels
SD began writing after reading an injunction from Doris Lessing about putting one's life in order. Some fringe plays that she attended were absolutely dreadful, which made her confident that she could do better...
Performance of text Caryl Churchill
CC 's short play Escaped Alone, with its extraordinary cast of four ordinary women, all but one aged seventy or older, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London for a run of two...
Occupation Caryl Churchill
This began a long association with the Royal Court Theatre , during which several of her plays were produced there during the 1980s and 1990s.
Contemporary Authors. Gale Research.
46: 68-9
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television. Gale Research.
19: 89-90
Textual Production Caryl Churchill
The play was commissioned by Michael Codron , an influencial theatre producer who had backed Harold Pinter and Joe Orton .
Kritzer, Amelia Howe. The Plays of Caryl Churchill: Theatre of Empowerment. Macmillan.
61
The production marks the beginning of CC 's long association with the Royal Court
Performance of text Caryl Churchill
CC 's next play staged at the Royal Court , a science fiction work titled Moving Clocks Go Slow, received only a one-night performance at the small Upstairs theatre in June 1975.
Kritzer, Amelia Howe. The Plays of Caryl Churchill: Theatre of Empowerment. Macmillan.
67
Occupation Caryl Churchill
CC was resident dramatist and tutor for the Young Writers' Group at the Royal Court Theatre in London. She was the first woman to hold this position.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
107
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press.
103
Contemporary Authors. Gale Research.
46: 68

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