Royal Court Theatre

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Performance of text Caryl Churchill
CC 's immensely controversial ten-minute work Seven Jewish Children—a Play for Gaza premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London, causing a furore which spread globally over the next few months.
Churchill, Caryl. “Read Caryl Churchillapos;s Seven Jewish Children”. guardia.co.uk.
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.
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Daniels, Sarah. Plays: Two. Methuen.
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Performance of text Samuel Beckett
SB 's Krapp's Last Tape, a play written originally in English for actor Patrick McGee or Magee , was first performed by the English Stage Company at the Royal Court in London.
Federman, Raymond, and John Fletcher. Samuel Beckett. University of California Press.
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Parker, Peter, editor. The Reader’s Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers. Fourth Estate and Helicon.
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Performance of text Winsome Pinnock
WP 's play A Hero's Welcome had a rehearsed reading at the Royal Court Theatre (Theatre Upstairs).
Pinnock, Winsome. “Leave Taking”. First Run: New Plays by New Writers, edited by Kate Harwood, Nick Hern Books, pp. 139-89.
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Aston, Elaine. Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000. Cambridge University Press.
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Performance of text Caryl Churchill
A play by CC entitled Love and Information opened at the Royal Court Theatre for a five-week run; it was published the same year.
de Angelis, April. “Caryl Churchill: changing the language of theatre”. Guardian.co.uk.
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Performance of text Samuel Beckett
SB 's play Happy Days opened for the first time in Britain at London's Royal Court . Its female protagonist, Winnie (who spends the evening largely buried in sand), was played by Brenda Bruce .
Federman, Raymond, and John Fletcher. Samuel Beckett. University of California Press.
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Performance of text Winsome Pinnock
Two and a half years after its rehearsed reading at the same venue, WP 's play A Hero's Welcome was produced at the Royal Court Theatre (Theatre Upstairs) under the auspices of the Women's Theatre Trust.
“Winsome Pinnock”. Playwrights.
Aston, Elaine. Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000. Cambridge University Press.
129
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...
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 Winsome Pinnock
WP 's A Rock in Water, a play based on the life of Claudia Jones , was given at the Royal Court Young People's Theatre .
“Winsome Pinnock”. Playwrights.
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...
Performance of text Aphra Behn
It was published after 2 July with a dedication to the Earl of Rochester (not her friend the poet, who had died six years before); AB stopped the press until she was ready with her...
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.
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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.
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Performance of text Caryl Churchill
Its London run at the Royal Court Theatre began three weeks later.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press.
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A revival which opened at the National Theatre in April 2015 was timed to coincide with the British general election.

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