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Joan Littlewood & British Post-war Political theatre

‘Her anti-establishment position made Joan Littlewood a very necessary enfant terrible of Post-War British Theatre’

(Barnes 1986:141)

1914

1935

1956

1968

2002

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Questions?

Beginning of Theatre Workshop

Bibliography

Oh! What a lovely War (1963)

What we are going to cover...

  • Early Theatre Worshop (1945)

  • Uranium 235 (1946)

  • Moving into Theatre Royal Stratford

  • Theatre Royal

  • 'Knees Up' Theatre

  • The return of Littlewood
  • Introduction: Littlewood's Life & Work

  • Beginning of Theatre Workshop

  • British Post-War Political Theatre of 1960/70

  • Oh! What a lovely War (1963)

  • Littlewood's Legacy
  • General content

  • Political context

  • What the play did

  • Theatricality of the play

  • Impact and influence

Barker, C. (2000) ‘Joan Littlewood’, Hodge, A. (ed.) Twentieth Century Actor Training, New York: Routledge. Pp 113-128.

Barnes, P. (1986) A Companion to Post War British Theatre, London: Croom Helm.

Coren, M. (1984) Theatre Royal: A 100 years of Stratford East, London: Quartet Books.

Elson. J. (1976) Post-war British Theatre, London: Routledge.

Goorney, H. (1981) The Theatre Workshop Story, London: Methuen Ltd.

Holdsworth, N. (2006) Routledge Performance Practitioners: Joan Littlewood, London: Routledge.

Itzen, C. (1980) Stages in the Revolution Political Theatre in Britain since 1968, London: Methuen Ltd.

Shellard, D. (1999) British Theatre since the War, London: Yale University Press.

http://wwnorton.com/college/english/nadrama2p/review_materials/shorthistory/19c-present/postwar.aspx (Accessed: 10/03/2014)

Other political happenings in Britain

Brecht's Berlin Ensemble Influences Littlewood

Littlewoods work begins

Died 20th September, aged 87

Littlewood born 6th October

Littlewood's Legacy

British Post-War Political Th. 1960/70

Introduction: Littlewood's Life & Work

'Create theatre which would be more dynamic, truthful and adventurous than any bourgeois theatre could produce'

(MacColl 1990:211)

  • Political Influences on Playwrights

  • Foreign Influences
  • The Influences

  • The Influenced

  • Practical exercises

  • Other works

'Theatre must face up to the problems of its time, it cannot ignore the poverty and human suffering which increases everyday. It cannot with sincerity, close its eyes to the disasters of its time...'

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