1980

Style Wars

from the cover: “The complete guide to human lifestyles, including Mrs Thatcher’s hairstyles, Rock critics’ trousers, Macho gays’ moustaches, The birth of the Sloane Ranger, Mayfair Mercs’ fur coats, Art students’ problems, Steve’s strange beginnings, Post-modernism revealed” Style Wars Boys Own The Clone Zone (Night of the Living Dead) The Sloane Rangers Sloane Ranger Man …

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A Drop Too Many

Iraq Home Again The Bruneval Raid Aftermath Maison Carrée Oudna Retreat from Oudna Oudna Aftermath Happy Valley Battle of Tamera: Phase One Battle of Tamera: Phase Two Sicily Italy U.K. Interlude Arnhem Prisoner Rehabilitation Representation Last Thoughts

Peter Hall directs Antony and Cleopatra

The World of the Play Family Tree Cast List Preface Introduction: the Framework and Casting Rehearsals Begin Blocking the Play – and Telling its Story Language: ‘Content and Structure are Indivisible’ The ‘Meat’ of the Piece Publicity and Programme: Historical Research Character, Problem, Scenes, Action! Challenges and Reassessment – The Layering Process Going on Elsewhere …

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Greek Theatre Practice

The Playwrights and Athens Drama before Aeschylus Organisation of the Dramatic Festivals The Theatre Staging the Electras Conventions of Performance Masked Acting and the Electras Recognition and Conclusion in the Electras The Fourth Century and Beyond