Royal Court Theatre

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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 Elizabeth Robins
ER 's suffrage play, Votes for Women (one of the earliest in the genre), was first performed at the Court Theatre .
Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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Liggins, Emma. “The ’Sordid Story’ of an Unwanted Child: Militancy, Motherhood, and Abortion in Elizabeth Robins’s Votes for Women and Way Stations”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
25
, No. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 347-61.
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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...
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 Harold Pinter
HP 's next play, Ashes to Ashes, opened at the Ambassadors Theatre . The production was by the Royal Court Theatre (in exile while its buildings were renovated), and directed by the author.
“Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)”. doollee.com: Playwrights.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Performance of text Ann Jellicoe
AJ 's play The Sport of My Mad Mother, originally written for a newspaper competition, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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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, 1961.
prelims
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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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, 1989, pp. 139-89.
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Aston, Elaine. Feminist Views on the English Stage: Women Playwrights, 1990-2000. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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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 Ann Jellicoe
The Royal Court produced AJ 's The Rising Generation, a young people's play which had previously been rejected by the British Girl Guides Association .
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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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, 2003.
129
Performance of text Ann Jellicoe
AJ 's biographical play, Shelley ; or, The Idealist, was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Jellicoe, Ann. Shelley. Faber and Faber, 1966.
prelims
Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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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, 1991.
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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.

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