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Theatre Workshop

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Theatre Workshop is a theatre group noted primarily for its long-serving director, Joan Littlewood. [1]

79 relations: A Taste of Honey, A Taste of Honey (film), Alex Wharton, Arden of Faversham, Arts council, Avis Bunnage, Barbara Windsor, BBC, Ben Jonson, Bertolt Brecht, Bill Douglas, Brendan Behan, Brian Murphy (actor), Cedric Price, Centre Georges Pompidou, Communist Party of Great Britain, David Scase, Diabetes mellitus, Diana Coupland, Dudley Foster, East 15 Acting School, Ewan MacColl, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, Folk music, Frank Norman, George A. Cooper, George Sewell, Glynn Edwards, Harry Greene (television personality), Harry H. Corbett, Howard Goorney, Improvisational theatre, Isla Cameron, James Booth, Joan Littlewood, John Bury (theatre designer), John Junkin, John Thaw, Ken Hill (playwright), Ken Russell, Lionel Bart, London, Lord Chamberlain's Office, Loughton, Marjie Lawrence, Methuen Publishing, MI5, Mother Courage and Her Children, Murray Melvin, Nigel Hawthorne, ..., Oh! What a Lovely War, Oh, What a Lovely War!, Paris, Pat Phoenix, Repertory theatre, Richard Harris, Roy Kinnear, Sheila Hancock, Shelagh Delaney, Sparrows Can't Sing, Special Branch, Stephen Lewis (actor), Théâtre Hébertot, The Boy Friend (1971 film), The Hostage (play), The Moody Blues, The Quare Fellow, The Sunday Times, Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatres Act 1843, Twelfth Night, Twiggy, University of Essex, Victor Spinetti, Volpone, West End theatre, William Shakespeare, Yootha Joyce. Expand index (29 more) »

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19.

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A Taste of Honey (film)

A Taste of Honey is a 1961 British film adaptation of the play of the same name by Shelagh Delaney.

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Alex Wharton

Alex Wharton (born 1939), later also known as Alex Murray, was part of the singing duo the Most Brothers with Mickie Most, and later, co-manager and producer of the Moody Blues.

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Arden of Faversham

Arden of Faversham (original spelling: Arden of Feversham) is an Elizabethan play, entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on 3 April 1592, and printed later that same year by Edward White.

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Arts council

An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events.

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Avis Bunnage

Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire – 4 October 1990, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex) was an English actress of film, stage and television.

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Barbara Windsor

Dame Barbara Windsor, (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937) is an English actress, known for her appearances in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy.

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Bertolt Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.

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Bill Douglas

William Gerald Forbes (Bill) Douglas (17 April 1934 – 18 June 1991) was a Scottish film director best known for the trilogy of films about his early life.

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Brendan Behan

Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) (Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish.

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Brian Murphy (actor)

Brian Trevor John Murphy (born 25 September 1932) is an English actor, best known as the henpecked husband George Roper in the popular sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off series George and Mildred, and as Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine.

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Cedric Price

Cedric Price FRIBA (11 September 1934 – 10 August 2003) was an English architect and influential teacher and writer on architecture.

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Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou, commonly shortened to Centre Pompidou and also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil, and the Marais.

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Communist Party of Great Britain

The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a British communist party which was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy.

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David Scase

David Scase (21 September 1919 – 27 February 2003) was a British actor.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Diana Coupland

Betty Diana Coupland (5 March 1928– 10 November 2006), billed as Diana Coupland was an English actress and singer best remembered for her role as Jean Abbott on sitcom Bless This House, which she played from 1971 to 1976.

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Dudley Foster

Dudley Foster (7 August 1924 – 8 January 1973) was an English actor most notable on TV.

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East 15 Acting School

East 15 Acting School (East 15) is a leading British drama school in Loughton, Essex.

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Ewan MacColl

James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright and record producer born in Lancashire to Scottish parents.

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Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be is a musical comedy about Cockney low-life characters in the 1950s, including spivs, prostitutes, teddy-boys and corrupt policemen.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Frank Norman

Frank Norman (9 June 1930 – 23 December 1980) was a British novelist and playwright.

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George A. Cooper

George Alphonsus Cooper (born 7 March 1925), credited as George A. Cooper, is a retired English actor and voice artist.

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George Sewell

George Sewell (31 August 19242 April 2007) was an English actor.

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Glynn Edwards

Glynn Edwards (2 February 1931 – 23 May 2018) was a British television and film actor, probably best known for his role as the barman in the ITV comedy-drama Minder.

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Harry Greene (television personality)

Harry Greene (21 November 1923 – 4 March 2013) was a Welsh television personality, known for being the UK's first television DIY expert.

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Harry H. Corbett

Harry H. Corbett, OBE (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) was an English actor.

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Howard Goorney

Howard Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a British actor who starred in such programmes as Only Fools and Horses.

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Improvisational theatre

Improvisational theatre, often called improv or impro, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.

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Isla Cameron

Isla Cameron (March 5, 1930 – May 1980) was a Scottish actress and singer.

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James Booth

James Booth (born David Geeves); (19 December 1927 – 11 August 2005) was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter.

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Joan Littlewood

Joan Maud Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002) was an English theatre director, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop.

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John Bury (theatre designer)

John Bury (27 January 1925 - 12 November 2000) was a British set designer, costume designer and lighting designer who worked in theatre in the UK, West End and Broadway and international opera.

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John Junkin

John Francis Junkin (29 January 1930 – 7 March 2006) was an English radio, television and film actor and scriptwriter.

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John Thaw

John Edward Thaw, CBE (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor.

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Ken Hill (playwright)

Ken Hill (28 January 1937 – 23 January 1995) was an English playwright and theatre director.

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Ken Russell

Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.

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Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord Chamberlain's Office

The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household.

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Loughton

Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex and, for statistical purposes, part of the metropolitan area of London and the Greater London Urban Area.

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Marjie Lawrence

Marjie Lawrence (21 January 1932 – 16 June 2010) was an English theatre, film and television actress.

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Methuen Publishing

Methuen Publishing Ltd is an English publishing house.

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MI5

The Security Service, also MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI).

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Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder) is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin.

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Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin (born 10 August 1932) is an English stage and film actor noted for his work with Joan Littlewood, Ken Russell and Stanley Kubrick.

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Nigel Hawthorne

Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor.

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Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves.

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Oh, What a Lovely War!

Oh, What a Lovely War! is an epic musical developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pat Phoenix

Patricia Frederica Phoenix (born Patricia Frederica Manfield; 26 November 1923 – 17 September 1986) was an English actress who became one of the first sex symbols of British television through her role as Elsie Tanner, an original cast member of Coronation Street.

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Repertory theatre

A repertory theatre (also called repertory, rep or stock) can be a Western theatre or opera production in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.

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Richard Harris

Richard St.

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Roy Kinnear

Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was an English actor.

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Sheila Hancock

Sheila Cameron Hancock, CBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and author.

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Shelagh Delaney

Shelagh Delaney, FRSL (25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958).

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Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing is a 1963 British film.

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Special Branch

Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security and intelligence in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in Ireland and the Royal Malaysian Police.

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Stephen Lewis (actor)

Stephen Lewis (17 December 1926 – 12 August 2015), credited early in his career as Stephen Cato, was an English actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and playwright.

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Théâtre Hébertot

Théâtre Hébertot is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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The Boy Friend (1971 film)

The Boy Friend is a 1971 British-American musical comedy film directed by Ken Russell and starring Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Tommy Tune, and Max Adrian with an uncredited appearance by Glenda Jackson.

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The Hostage (play)

The Hostage is a loose 1958 English version, with songs, adapted in a much longer text from a one-act Irish language play An Giall, by its author, Brendan Behan.

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The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964.

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The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theatre Royal Stratford East

The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a large theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham.

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Theatres Act 1843

The Theatres Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict., c. 68) (also known as the Theatre Regulation Act) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, or What You WillUse of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in the First Folio: "Twelfe Night, Or what you will" is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

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Twiggy

Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy.

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University of Essex

The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England.

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Victor Spinetti

Vittorio Giorgio Andre "Victor" Spinetti (2 September 1929 – 18 June 2012) was a Welsh actor, author, poet, and raconteur.

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Volpone

Volpone (Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–06, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce Needham (20 August 1927 – 24 August 1980), credited as Yootha Joyce, was a British actress best known for playing Mildred Roper opposite Brian Murphy in the sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off George and Mildred.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Workshop

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