The People's Shakespeare: Place, Politics and Performance in a Northern Amateur Theatre

Adam Hansen

doi:10.3366/j.ctv1hm8gsz.10

The People's Shakespeare: Place, Politics and Performance in a Northern Amateur Theatre

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In 1933, J. B. Priestley visited Newcastle upon Tyne as part of his journey around an England in the grip of economic depression. A local friend and amateur actor took him to The Bridge Hotel, where the People’s Theatre – an amateur company founded in 1911 on socialist principles – was rehearsing Euripides’ The Trojan Women. This is how Priestley described the scene:

In the shadow of an enormous ebony bridge, which looked as if it stretched into the outer spaces of the universe, we found a large but almost deserted pub. But vague noises came from upstairs, and I...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Shakespeare in the North: Place, Politics and Performance in England and Scotland
Editors	Adam Hansen
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Chapter	5
Pages	125-150
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	9781474435956, 9781474435949
ISBN (Print)	9781474435925
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/j.ctv1hm8gsz.10
Publication status	Published - 14 Apr 2021

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