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Post by joem on Apr 13, 2016 10:10:12 GMT
One of our most venerable playwrights has gone.
I felt that like some other playwrights of his era, he was somewhat neglected. Apart from the Roots trilogy there seemed to be few productions of his work. Perhaps we'll see them now.
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Post by horton on Apr 13, 2016 10:31:55 GMT
A sweet man. He will be missed.
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Post by mallardo on Apr 13, 2016 13:54:30 GMT
The last few years have seen strong revivals of Chicken Soup With Barley, The Kitchen and Roots so there have been signs of a renewed interest in his work. He was a major playwright to be sure and, I'm told, a warm and funny and congenial man. RIP.
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Post by peelee on Apr 15, 2016 16:23:56 GMT
There was an excellent revival of his 'Chicken Soup with Barley' at the Tricycle Theatre only a few years ago, and then the well-choreographed staging of 'The Kitchen' at the National Theatre. But he wrote rather more than just these and wrote well about the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He also deserves praise for what he tried to make of that old railway turnabout Centre 42 in Chalk Farm/Camden Town later better known to its users as The Roundhouse.
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