The Necessary Theatre by Peter Hall

The Necessary Theatre by Peter Hall

Part of the Dramatic Contexts series: important statements on the theatre by major figures in the theatre. A distillation of Sir Peter Hall's thinking on the state of theatre. In the first part - the Case for Subsidy - Hall argues that theatre through the ages has always required patronage, whereas our own age has lost sight of the fact that if theatre has to support itself it will stagnate, falling back on the tried and true. In the second part, he draws directly on his own experiences running the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He argues that the very best theatre can only be made with a permanent company of actors and technicians situated in their own building, an ideal he briefly enjoyed with his own repertory company at the Old Vic. This book is a vital contribution to the continuing debate about the place of theatre - and indeed the arts in general - in our society, written by a man whose own contribution to the country's artistic life was at the highest level.

Peter Hall (1930-2017) was a leading theatre director, founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and director of the National Theatre from 1973-88. He formed the Peter Hall Company (1998–2011) and was the founding director of The Rose Theatre, Kingston, in 2003. He directed the world premiere of many of the most significant post-war plays, staging, amongst many others, the English-language premiere of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and the world premiere of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming. He was awarded the CBE in 1963 and knighted in 1977 for his services to the theatre.

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ISBN 13	9781854594020
ISBN 10	1854594028
Title	The Necessary Theatre
Author	Peter Hall
Series	Dramatic Contexts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	1999-01-06
Number of pages	64
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