Royal Court Theatre

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Performance of text Caryl Churchill
CC 's play Far Away opened at the Royal Court 's Theatre Upstairs, directed by Stephen Daldry .
Churchill, Caryl. Far Away. Nick Hern and Royal Court Theatre, 2000.
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Performance of text Ann Jellicoe
After this production, AJ decided to take some time away from writing to concentrate on her two young children. In an interview in 1972, she claimed that she found it a relief to stop writing...
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, 2000, pp. 194-11.
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Daniels, Sarah. Plays: One. Methuen, 1991.
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Cousin, Geraldine. Women in Dramatic Place and Time: Contemporary Female Characters on Stage. Routledge, 1996.
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Performance of text Mary Augusta Ward
MAW 's unsuccessful dramatic version of Eleanor, a collaboration with US playwright Julian Sturgis , opened at the Court Theatre in London with Elizabeth Robins in her last professional role.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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Trevelyan, Janet Penrose. The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward. Constable, 1923.
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Performance of text Samuel Beckett
SB 's play Fin de partie (Endgame), a bleak piece about alienation set in a desolate world, was published in Paris. The next month it had its first performance (in French) at the Royal Court , London.
Federman, Raymond, and John, 1937 - Fletcher. Samuel Beckett. University of California Press, 1970.
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Parker, Peter, editor. The Reader’s Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers. Fourth Estate and Helicon, 1995.
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Taylor, John Russell. The Penguin Dictionary of theTheatre. Penguin, 1968.
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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, 1994.
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Goodman, Lizbeth, and Jane De Gay. Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1996.
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Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris. Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary (Women) Practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Performance of text Michelene Wandor
MW has adapted two German plays for English productions: Heinrich von Kleist 's Penthesilea, about the Amazons (1977), and Ernst Toller 's The Blind Goddess (1981). She also adapted Githa Sowerby 's Rutherford and...
Performance of text Samuel Beckett
SB 's play Endgame was banned from performance at the Royal Court in London by the Lord Chancellor since the Deity was called a bastard. It finally opened in November this year.
Cohn, Ruby. Back to Beckett. Princeton University Press, 1973.
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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, 2009.
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, 2000, pp. 194-11.
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Daniels, Sarah. Plays: Two. Methuen, 1994.
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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, 1937 - Fletcher. Samuel Beckett. University of California Press, 1970.
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Parker, Peter, editor. The Reader’s Companion to Twentieth-Century Writers. Fourth Estate and Helicon, 1995.
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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, 7 Sept. 2012.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Performance of text Githa Sowerby
GS 's realist drama Rutherford and Son was first produced at the Court Theatre in London, where it had four matinée performances.
Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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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, 1937 - Fletcher. Samuel Beckett. University of California Press, 1970.
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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...

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