National Theatre Company

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Reception Virginia Woolf
Ethel Smyth sent her responses to this book by telegram on publication day: Book astounding so far. Agitatingly increases value of life. Two days later she sent: Final paragraph almost smashes machine of life with...

Timeline

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

28 February 1976: A charity gala performance, Tribute to the...

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28 February 1976

A charity gala performance, Tribute to the Lady, was staged for the last night of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic before its move to the South Bank.
Billington, Michael. Peggy Ashcroft, 1907-1991. Mandarin, 1991.
243-4

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