The Society for Theatre Research’s Theatre Book Prize 2011

30th April 2012

 

THEATRE BOOK PRIZE 2011

Howard Loxton, administrator and chair of the Society for Theatre Research book prize, introduces this year’s judges, Kerry Michael (Artistic Director, Theatre Royal Stratford East), Jann Parry (former Observer ballet critic) and Professor Michael Dobson (Birkbeck, University of London), plus presenters Timothy West (STR President) and actor Claire Bloom, who talk about the books. Recorded at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 18 May 2011.

In my book, The Reluctant Escapologist, I make the point that I don’t think that theatre is safe in the hands of grown-ups…