Roger Lewis

A Stratford Stalin: the nasty, aggressive and stupid world of Joan Littlewood

A review of Joan Littlewood: Dreams and Realities, by Peter Rankin. Shakespeare was too politically middle-of-the-road to make the grade and the second world war was 'boring'

issue 08 November 2014
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