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Author(s):	Michael Coveney

Date:	2021	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1350128376
Pages:	216	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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This is the vital story of the amateur theatre as it developed from the medieval guilds to the modern theatre of Ayckbourn and Pinter, with a few mishaps and missed cues along the way. Michael Coveney  a former member of Ilford's Renegades - tells this tale with a charm and wit that will have you shouting out for an encore.

Between the two world wars, amateur theatre thrived across the UK, from Newcastle to Norwich, from Bolton to Birmingham and Bangor, championed by the likes of George Bernard Shaw, Sybil Thorndike, and J B Priestley. Often born out of a particular political cause or predicament, many of these theatres and companies continue to evolve, survive and even prosper today.

This is the first account of its kind, packed with anecdote and previously unheard stories, and it shows how amateur theatre is more than a popular pastime: it has been endemic to the birth of the National Theatre, as well as a seedbed of talent and a fascinating barometer and product of the times in which we live.

Some of the companies Coveney delves into  all taking centre stage in this entertaining and lively book - include the Questors and Tower Theatre in London  Birmingham's Crescent Theatre  The Little Theatre in Bolton, where Ian McKellen was a schoolboy participant  the Halifax Thespians  Lincolnshire's Broadbent Theatre, co-founded by Jim Broadbent's father and other conscientious objectors at the end of World War II  Crayford's Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, where the careers of Michael Gambon and Diana Quick were launched  Anglesey's Theatr Fach, a crucible of Welsh language theatre  and Cornwall's stunning cliff-top Minack.
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