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Questors, Jesters and Renegades - The Story of Britain's Amateur Theatre (Hardcover)
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Questors, Jesters and Renegades - The Story of Britain's Amateur Theatre (Hardcover)
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Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize 2021 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. 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; Lincolnshire's Broadbent Theatre,
co-founded by Jim Broadbent's father and other conscientious
objectors at the end of World War II; and Cornwall's stunning
cliff-top Minack.
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