Demastes, William W., editor. British Playwrights, 1956-1995. Greenwood Press, 1996.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Margaret Drabble | She had decided while at school that she was going to be an actress. In Stratford both she and Clive Swift acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company
under Peter Hall
, who was setting out... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Aphra Behn | A further rewriting, under the original title, by Nigerian playwright Biyi Bandele
, met with great success when performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
at Stratford in summer 1999. Joan Anim-Addo
's libretto Imoinda: Or... |
| Occupation | Liz Lochhead | LL
's several positions as Writer-in-Residence have included Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
in Dundee (1980), the Tattenhall Centre
, near Chester (1982-84), Edinburgh University
(1985-87), and the Royal Shakespeare Company
in 1988-89, on... |
| Performance of text | Caryl Churchill | The Royal Shakespeare Company
produced CC
's Softcops, a revue-style drama influenced by Foucault
's Discipline and Punish. |
| Performance of text | Anne Devlin | AD
's play After Easter was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
at Stratford's Other Place
theatre (the company's small, intimate venue). Schrank, Bernice, and William W. Demastes, editors. Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995. Greenwood Press, 1997. 94 Devlin, Anne. After Easter. Faber and Faber, 1994. prelims |
| Performance of text | Pam Gems | The Royal Shakespeare Company
included the play in their regional tour, after which it transferred to the Globe Theatre
in London.Harvard University
holds a video-recording of a performance of this play in Hebrew. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Performance of text | Jackie Kay | She and Jo Shapcott
read their poems (together with rising starsJay Bernard
and Kayo Chingonyi
) at the Royal Shakespeare Company
's redesigned Swan Theatre at Stratford on 3 December 2010. Uncertainty is Not a Good Dog. 2010. |
| Performance of text | Timberlake Wertenbaker | The Royal Shakespeare Company
moved its production to London in August 1989; the play had been published earlier that year. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Performance of text | Deborah Levy | DL
's Heresies opened at the Barbican Theatre (The Pit)
in London in a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company
. “Deborah Levy”. doollee.com The Playwrights Database, 2003. Levy |
| Performance of text | Michelene Wandor | The Royal Shakespeare Company
performed a short play by MW
, Mal de Mere, along with Whose Greenham. Wandor, Michelene. Carry On, Understudies. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986. 186 Michelene Wandor. http://www.mwandor.co.uk/. |
| Performance of text | Hilary Mantel | Despite her earlier unwillingness to spend time on adaptations, HM
collaborated with Mike Poulton
on the stage adaptations of her first two Cromwell novels, under the same titles.Both plays opened in productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Performance of text | Mary Pix | It had first been performed about a month before. The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols. 1: 526 |
| Performance of text | Harold Pinter | The Royal Shakespeare Company
scored a notable success with HP
's play The Homecoming, written the previous year, directed by Peter Hall
. Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ . 3 June 2009 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Performance of text | Harold Pinter | Landscape and Silence, a pair of short plays by HP
, were directed for the RSC
by Peter Hall
, having been delayed while Pinter battled the Lord Chamberlain (the British censor) for the... |
| Performance of text | Harold Pinter | The Birthday Party and Other Plays was published in 1960, and this play alone in 1965. The Birthday Party was revived in 1964 by the Royal Shakespeare Company
with Pinter himself directing, and again in... |
Timeline
2 May 1594: The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare,...
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2 May 1594
The Taming of the Shrew, a comedy by Shakespeare
, was entered in the Stationers' Register.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
2 May 2008
McMullan, Gordon, and John, 1579 - 1625 Fletcher. “Introduction”. The Tamer Tamed, Nick Hern Books, 2003, p. xiii - xvii.
xiii-xvii
December 1821: Byron published his verse drama Cain: A Mystery;...
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December 1821
Byron
published his verse drama Cain: A Mystery; the title-page said 1822.
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.
Simpson, Michael. “Byrons Cain at the Barbican Centre, London (29th November 1995 to 7th March 1996)”. European Romantic Review, Vol.
8
, No. 1, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1997, pp. 41-6. 41
December 1958: Plans were laid for a Royal Shakespeare Company,...
Building item
December 1958
Plans were laid for a Royal Shakespeare Company
, to perform both at Stratford and in London.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
182-3
1960: The Royal Shakespeare Company was established...
Building item
1960
The Royal Shakespeare Company
was established under director Peter Hall
: it began with a spring and summer season in Stratford upon Avon, then a winter season at the Aldwych Theatre
, London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
417
9 December 1960: A letter from the Joint Council of the National...
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9 December 1960
A letter from the Joint Council of the National Theatre
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that the National Theatre Company
should expand to swallow up the just-founded Royal Shakespeare Company
.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
189-90
October 1973: Peter Hall left the Royal Shakespeare Company...
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October 1973
Peter Hall
left the Royal Shakespeare Company
to assume directorship of the National Theatre Company
(offered him the previous year), in succession to Sir Laurence Olivier
.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
240, 233
24 November 2010: The redesigned Royal Shakespeare Theatre...
Building item
24 November 2010
The redesigned Royal Shakespeare Theatre
at Stratford upon Avon opened to the public with exhibitions, events, and tours. Theatrical productions were to follow in February 2011.
Royal Shakespeare Company,. Email to Friends of the Royal Shakespeare Company. 24 Nov. 2010.
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