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Peggy to her Playwrights Peggy Ramsay

Peggy to her Playwrights By Peggy Ramsay

Peggy to her Playwrights by Peggy Ramsay

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Summary

An inspiring collection of letters written by play agent Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) to her numerous clients.

Peggy to her Playwrights Summary

Peggy to her Playwrights: The Letters of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent by Peggy Ramsay

Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to have been at the centre of British playwriting for several generations from the late 1950s on. To her remarkable array of clients, her letter writing was notorious, marked by searing candour, both a wondrous motivation and an

About Peggy Ramsay

Colin Chambers, a former journalist and theatre critic, was Literary Manager of the RSC (1981-1997), and since 2014 has been Emeritus Professor of Drama at Kingston University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
INTRODUCTION 1
EDITOR'S NOTE 12
ARTHUR ADAMOV 15
RHYS ADRIAN 17
JOHN ARDEN and MARGARETTA D'ARCY 18
ALAN AYCKBOURN 28
ENID BAGNOLD 45
PETER BARNES 50
JOHN BARTON 52
ROBERT BOLT 53
EDWARD BOND 88
JOHN BOWEN 94
HOWARD BRENTON 99
BRIGID BROPHY 102
CARYL CHURCHILL 104
RICHARD COTTRELL 107
DAVID CREGAN 108
JONATHAN GEMS 109
PETER GILL 110
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON 110
DAVID HARE 113
JOHN HOLMSTROM (a.k.a. ROGER GELLERT) 120
DONALD HOWARTH 122
ANN JELLICOE 126
THOMAS KILROY 127
STEPHEN LOWE 130
FRANK MARCUS 131
JOHN McGRATH 132
DAVID MERCER 133
JOHN MORTIMER 137
PETER NICHOLS 139
JOE ORTON 141
ALAN PLATER 160
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF 164
DAVID RUDKIN 169
WILLY RUSSELL 173
JAMES SAUNDERS 176
WALLACE SHAWN 177
MARTIN SHERMAN 180
COLIN SPENCER 180
JOHN WHITING 181
CHARLES WOOD 185
POSTSCRIPT 188
P.P.S. 199
index 201

Additional information

GOR009680001
9781786824295
1786824299
Peggy to her Playwrights: The Letters of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent by Peggy Ramsay
Peggy Ramsay
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20180525
360
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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