Globe Theatre rebuilding delayed by Travellers’ encampment

Title

Globe Theatre rebuilding delayed by Travellers’ encampment

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

7 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Mark Percy reports on the obstacle to film tycoon Sam Wanamaker’s plans to rebuild Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on its original spot by the Thames posed by Irish Travellers camping on the site. Includes interviews with the Travellers, who say they will refuse to move until an alternative site is provided; Wanamaker, who says it is not his problem but up to local and national government to resolve. For the AM programme.

Contributors

Mark Percy; Sam Wanamaker

Keywords

Theatre; London; Homelessness; Housing needs; Gypsies; AM (radio programme); William Shakespeare; Travellers; Globe Theatre; Performing arts; Eviction (land); Irish Travellers

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