{"product_id":"impossible-plays-adventures-with-the-cottesloe-company-9780413775856","title":"Impossible Plays: Adventures with the Cottesloe Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jack Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Bryden's Cottesloe Company, which flourished at Peter Hall's\u003cbr\u003eNational Theatre, was the English theatre's only true ensemble of the\u003cbr\u003elast thirty or so years. \u003ci\u003eImpossible Plays\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of\u003cbr\u003ethe company and the many actors and musicians connected to it.\u003cbr\u003eCo-written by Keith Dewhurst, author of eight plays for the group, and\u003cbr\u003eJack Shepherd, a founder-actor, it explains the ideas behind the\u003cbr\u003ecompany's work and how the work was staged, and provides an\u003cbr\u003eidiosyncratic, lively and deeply personal take on the company. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The search was always to find a popular theatre, a form of\u003cbr\u003etheatre that would draw into it people from all backgrounds, not just\u003cbr\u003ethe cultured and the educated.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a Royal Court Theatre Sunday night performance in\u003cbr\u003e1970, the story of one company's aim to create a popular theatre form\u003cbr\u003eincludes such milestone productions as \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery \u003c\/i\u003ecycle of plays and \u003ci\u003eLark Rise to Candleford.\u003c\/i\u003e With photographs by John Haynes, Michael Mayhew and Nobby Clark, \u003ci\u003eImpossible Plays \u003c\/i\u003eis a glorious and timely tribute to one of theatre's most innovative companies.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084415983767,"sku":"9780413775856","price":3454.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780413775856.webp?v=1767264476","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/impossible-plays-adventures-with-the-cottesloe-company-9780413775856","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}