Impossible plays : adventures with the Cottesloe Company / Keith Dewhurst and Jack Shepherd.

This is the story of the Cottesloe Company of actors, operating from the National Theatre, told by two of its leading members. It includes accounts of all the major productions including 'The Mysteries' and 'Larkrise to Candleford'.

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Cover; Contents; Foreword: Impossible Plays; Introduction: A Theatrical Ideal; PART ONE: AT THE ROYAL COURT; 1. The French Connection; 2. A Royal Court Actor; The Royal Court Studio; A word on the acting; Transforming the space; 3. Bill Bryden; The Greenock dreamer; The Journey of the Fifth Horse; A vision of the future; 4. Pirate Black; Staging Pirates; The actors; 5. Victor Henry: The Company Member Who Never was; 6. The Baby Elephant; 7. Corruna!; Writing for a company; Why 'Impossible'?; The flower path; The alienation effect; Corruna! on tour; The mysteries of the wrestlers' hotel.

A Corruna! summary8. The Royal Court: Publicity and Personalities; Tony Richardson: 'Can No One Clear the Peacock Shit off this Terrace?'; PART TWO: SCOTLAND; 9. Willie Rough; 10. The Misanthrope; 11. Life at the Lyceum; The acting company; Kidnapped; The integrity of the space; The Miser; 12. The Magic Island; PART THREE: THE NATIONAL THEATRE; 13. The Early Days of the NT; Watch It Come Down; Social life; Il Campiello; 14. Medieval Mysteries; The Passion; Seeing The Passion; Impact; Judas; The poet's revenge; The Crucifixion play; 15. Lark Rise; Luggage; Lark Rise; Writing Lark Rise.

Casting 'Mrs Timms'Rehearsing Lark Rise; Lessons of Lark Rise; 16. American Buffalo; Two questions to ponder; Playing American Buffalo; Dave King; 17. The World Turned; Civil war, mutinies and strikes; The epic challenge of the brambles; 18. Dispatches; 19. Opportunities and Dilemmas; The Long Riders; Candleford; Plans and a dilemma; Summer manoeuvres; 20. The O'Neill Season; The Sea Plays; Hughie and Stacey; The Iceman Cometh; The demon drink; J.G. Devlin; Derek Newark; 21. Extending the Cycle; Creation; A popular success; The outdoor performances; Sixty crop pruners; Men without women.

Brian Glover22. Choices and Changes; Crazy Horse; Bill's choice; Cologne and Rome; Enforced changes; 23. Endings; Don Quixote; A difficult stage; Departure; A threat to family life; 24. A Midsummer Night's Dream; Playing the Dream; Mechanicals and Princess Margaret; A flashback; 25. Glengarry Glen Ross; 26. Cinderella; 27. The Boxing; 28. Doomsday; Following the score; Rehearsal strategies; A furious row; 'Death' takes the stage; PART FOUR: REPUTATIONS; 28. The Wrap-up; 29. Reputations; 30. Something Happier; Epilogue: What's the Score?; A Glossary of Terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; L; M; N.

OP; R; S; T; V; W; Acknowledgements.

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