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Dateline: 7th March, 2004

Theatre Book Prize 2003

The judges have announced the following short list chosen from eligible titles published in 2003 for this annual award presented by the Society for Theatre Research for the best book on the history or practice of British or British related theatre. The winner will be declared and the prize awarded at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden on April 2nd 2004 at 11.30 a.m.

(Alphabetically by author)

National Service by Richard Eyre
(Bloomsbury)

Playing King Lear by Oliver Ford Davies
(Nick Hern Books)

Images of Beckett by John Haynes & James Knowlson
(Cambridge University Press)

Are You There Crocodile - Inventing Anton Chekov by Michael Pennington
(Oberon)

A Short History of Western Performance Space by David Wiles
(Cambridge University Press)

The judges for the 2003 prize are:

  • Susannah Clapp Drama Critic of the Observer, who also worked in publishing before she became a critic.
  • Jane Pritchard archivist and theatre historian who is archivist to both the Rambert Dance Company and English National Ballet.
  • Corin Redgrave actor, acclaimed in 2003 for his performances in Honour (National Theatre) and The Entertainer (Liverpool Playhouse), and shortly to play King Lear (RSC), and also an author.

National Service is Eyre's diary of his years as Director of the National Theatre, revealing of both his personal and professional struggles in this demanding post.

Ford Davies's Playing Lear recounts the entire process of tackling the challenging role of King Lear, from his research and appraisal of previous approaches, through the rehearsal process to the final verdict of the critics.

In Images of Beckett Haynes & Knowlson, photographer and writer together record the dramatist and his work as director.

Pennington's Are You There Crocodile - Inventing Anton Chekov traces the evolution of his one-man-show presenting the Russian dramatist as he researches in Russia and elsewhere, through its early performances to end with his current performance text.

A Short History of Western Performance Space presents Wiles's account of the changing use of space for performance of all kinds, whether public place, church or temple, formal theatres in their various forms or found space, addressing contemporary concern over where theatre is best performed today.

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