Sentence examples for progressive theatre from inspiring English sources

There was the inevitable falling out with Littlewood, whose demands for improvisation in all circumstances struck him as doctrinaire and cranky, but Hawthorne played at that other bastion of progressive theatre, the Royal Court.

For a leftist, Eustis has an unusually astute sense of the value of a brand identity, and his tenure at the Public has been marked by an effort to embrace the history of progressive theatre in New York and to tie it to the Public.

In its aftermath, he retreated to a country house in Devon with his second wife (an American heiress), added a hyphen to his name, and settled into a semi-detached role as the lost leader or "king over the water" of the progressive theatre.

Dubbed the First Lady of British Theatre, Thelma Holt is one of the country's most daring and visionary producers, a true maverick who can effortlessly combine the commercial prerogatives of the West End with the panoramic breadth of vision of some of the world's most progressive theatre artists.

A challenge is accepted when Lauren Ferebee schedules a week straight of progressive theatre written by NYC artists that packs the house almost every single night.

A play dealing with syphilis on top of one dealing with a wife's abandonment of her family sealed Ibsen's reputation as a Bad Old Man, but progressive theatres in England and all across the Continent began putting on his plays.

Given the progressive political attitudes of theatre artists, there's general sympathy for the union, but very few consider themselves informed enough about the issues to have a strong opinion one way or the other.

Is progress necessarily progressive?

After World War II black theatre grew more progressive, more radical, and more militant, reflecting the ideals of black revolution and seeking to establish a mythology and symbolism apart from white culture.

Not until he was 35 did a chance encounter with the actor Dudley Sutton lead him to an audition for Joan Littlewood's legendary Theatre Workshop, as progressive in its stagecraft as in its politics.

"The Everyman Theatre itself was very progressive.