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Monday, February 14, 2022

Alan Russell obituary by Iain Mackintosh

Alan Russell, who has died of cancer aged 78, was the production manager at the Birmingham Rep when its new theatre on Broad Street was being planned in the early 1970s. Theatre Projects Con…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Letter: Colin George and the thrust stage in Britain by Iain Mackintosh

In his obituary of Colin George, Paul Allen conflates two separate road-to-Damascus moments when he suggests that “Tyrone Guthrie had discovered the ‘thrust’ configuration in Edinburgh…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Francis Reid obituary by Iain Mackintosh

My colleague and friend Francis Reid, who has died aged 85, was a man of the theatre: not an actor, playwright or director, but a significant player whose contribution was made backstage. He…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:19PM
Friday, February 26, 2016

Letters: Derek Sugden obituary by Iain Mackintosh and Paul Strang

Iain Mackintosh writes: Diana Rowntree tells us Derek Sugden believed that meetings of more than seven people were a poor means of communication. The creation of theatres usually involves la…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33PM

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