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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822926203321

Titolo

Journey's beginning [[electronic resource] ] : the Gateway Theatre building and Company, 1884-1965 / / edited by Ian Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Portland, OR, : Intellect, c2004

ISBN

1-280-47689-3

9786610476893

1-84150-899-3

1-4175-0511-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (87 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownIan <1951->

Disciplina

792.09411

792/.09413/4

Soggetti

Theater - Scotland - Edinburgh

Theaters - Scotland - Edinburgh

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Pages; Contents; Gateways from the past to the future; The Gateway building and its early manifestations; Kirk and Theatre; Sadie Aitken: the 'Caledonian Lilian Baylis'; The Gateway Theatre Company; The Founding of a Modern Tradition: Robert Kemp's Scots Translations of Moliè€re at the Gateway; Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The Gateway Theatre Company between 1953 and 1965 was a major force in developing modern Scottish theatre, moving in 1965 to become the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company. The Gateway Theatre and its company were therefore highly influential in the development of theatre in Scotland. They encouraged new writing and young performers to establish a vibrant contemporary tradition of Scottish theatre in a manner complementary to, and at times more important than, that of its sister theatre, the Citizens in Glasgow. Both theatre building and company are regarded with enormous affection and J35respect. Th