Experimental Theatre Club

Experimental Theatre Club

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:"This club should not be confused with the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club of New York."

The Experimental Theatre Club (ETC) is a student dramatic society at University of Oxford, England. It was founded in 1936 by Nevill Coghill as an alternative company to OUDS, and produces several productions a year. ["Oxford" The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. Ed. Phyllis Hartnoll and Peter Found. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed 16 June 2007 [http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t79.e2302 here] ]

Many famous actors and directors have been involved with productions by the club. The club has given the first productions of many new works, perhaps most notably "Epitaph for George Dillon", by John Osborne in 1957, directed by Don Taylor. [ [http://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/pdf/record_2003-4.pdf Pembroke College Record] , 2003—04, page 80.]

In particular, the club was an important nursery for the talents of the British New Wave (Kenneth Tynan, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger, Lindsay Anderson, Ken Loach) in the 1950s, and the Oxford component of Monty Python (Michael Palin, Terry Jones) in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, many figures later significant in film and television were involved, such as Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, who performed some of his early sketches for ETC revues at the Oxford Playhouse and elsewhere. The ETC presented "After Eights: The Etceteras Eights Week Revue" at the Oxford Playhouse, 25 to 29 May 1976, featuring Rowan Atkinson, with material written by Richard Curtis and Iain Moss among others ["After Eights" programme, Oxford Playhouse, May 1976.] .

Current activities

The ETC acts as a funding body for experimental student productions in Oxford. The current committee consists of Emily Lim (President), Louis Brooke (Vice-President), Michael Levy (Treasurer) and Alex Christofi (Secretary).

Alumni

People who have contributed to ETC productions include:

*Michael Flanders [" [http://www.donaldswann.co.uk/flanders.html Michael Flanders (1922–1975)] ", [http://www.donaldswann.co.uk/ The Donald Swann Website] .]
*Sandy Wilson
*Kenneth Tynan (President)
*Don Taylor (director)
*Dudley Moore [ [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/28/1017206127046.html Obituary: Dudley Moore, 1935–2002] , Daily Telegraph", London. March 28, 2002.]
*Tony Richardson
*John Schlesinger (President) [ [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1410698 John Schlesinger] , " [http://www.everything2.com/ Everything2.com] ".] ]
*Lindsay Anderson [ [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:fNgBapF2bxYJ:www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/anderson/documents/60304Oxford.pdf+%22Experimental+Theatre+Club%22,+Oxford+%22Lindsay+Anderson%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5 Lindsay Anderson] .]
*John McGrath (playwright)
*Ken Loach(President)
*Michael Palin [http://www.acornmedia.com/rippingyarns/MEP_Bio.htm Michael Palin Biography] .]
*Terry Jones
*David Wood [ [http://www.davidwood.org.uk/fun_facts.htm Fun Facts about David Wood] .]
*Alan Bennett
*Diana Quick
*John Albery
*Rowan Atkinson
*Richard Curtis
*Piers Fletcher
*Howard Goodall
*Philip Franks
*Samuel West (President) [ [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/wests/a-act.html Samuel West information] .]
*Iain Moss
*Robert Orchard
*Andrew Rissik
*Robin Seavill

… and many others.

Visiting directors include Peter Hall [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-3222(195401)5%3A1%3C51%3ACTN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 Shakespeare Quarterly information] , JSTOR.] and
Terry Hands.

See also

* The Oxford Revue
* Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS)

References

Bibliography

* Glynne Wickham, A Revolution in Attitudes to the Dramatic Arts in British Universities, 1880–1980. "Oxford Review of Education", Vol. 3, No. 2 (1977), pp. 115–121 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305-4985(1977)3%3A2%3C115%3AARIATT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-U JSTOR]
* Roderick Robertson, University Theatre at Oxford. "Educational Theatre Journal", Vol. 8, No. 3 (October, 1956), pp. 194–206 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-1989(195610)8%3A3%3C194%3AUTAO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H JSTOR]


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