- 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 byNevill Coghill as an alternative company toOUDS , 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. Accessed16 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 ", byJohn 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 ofMonty 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 andRowan Atkinson , who performed some of his early sketches for ETC revues at theOxford Playhouse and elsewhere. The ETC presented "After Eights: The Etceteras Eights Week Revue" at the Oxford Playhouse, 25 to29 May 1976 , featuring Rowan Atkinson, with material written byRichard Curtis andIain 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:
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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
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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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