Tag: anecdotes
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Mark Ravenhill play crashes the Royal Court computer
Thursday 24th March 2022
blogOne from the archives: Mark Ravenhill’s 1996 play, Shopping and Fucking, had the…
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Mike Leigh’s improvisation meets John and Yoko
Sunday 27th February 2022
blogOne from the archives: film-maker and playwright Mike Leigh uses improvisation e…
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Leslie Phillips raises an eyebrow
Friday 8th January 2021
blogOne from the archives: star actor Leslie Phillips had a huge West End hit in 196…
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Philip King savours his reviews
Tuesday 5th May 2020
blogOne from the archives: Philip King’s most famous play is the farce See How They …
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Sam Wanamaker arrives on site
Sunday 25th August 2019
blogOne from the archives: in 1988, excavations began on the site of Shakespeare’s G…
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The hunt for Sarah Kane
Wednesday 14th August 2019
blogOne from the archives: Sarah Kane was the enfant terrible of 1990s British playw…
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Johnny makes a point
Saturday 3rd August 2019
blogOne from the archives: John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Royal Court, 1956) is …
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Jerome Robbins on tough dancing
Thursday 18th July 2019
blogOne from the archives: when Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s Fiddler on the Roof…
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Binkie offers an actor a lift
Sunday 10th February 2019
blogOne from the archives: producer Hugh Binkie Beaumont, who dominated the West End…
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