Serjeant Musgrave at the Court

Synopsis: In 1959 John Arden’s ‘Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance’ was put on at the Royal Court theatre. Using this production as a starting point, the programme explores the theatrical and political background of the late 1950s by means of archive material and interviews with people concerned with the play and the Royal Court. John Arden talks about why he wrote the play; Lindsay Anderson about the problems and challenges of directing this new play; Ian Bannen about how he approached the character of Serjeant Musgrave; Jocelyn Herbert about the influence of Brecht on her set designs; Bill Gaskill about the political and artistic ideas of the ‘new’ writers of the 1950s who were involved with the Royal Court.
Series: Literature in the Modern World, Course A319
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Arden, John; drama in English

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