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Philip Hedley, who has died aged 85, was a protégé of Joan Littlewood, the radical founder of Theatre Workshop, a collective that toured shows aimed at working-class audiences and led an extraordinary revolution in British theatre in the 1950s when it took up residence at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, east London.
Acclaimed artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company who oversaw a transformation of its fortunes
It was the year of the royal wedding between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and had started with Peter Sutcliffe – the notorious serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper – being arrested in Sheffield.
British Library acquires archive of Theatre Royal Stratford East and Theatre Workshop A selection of notes, programmes and other papers relating to Theatre Union's work in the 1930s (c) British Library Board. LONDON .-The British Library has acquired the archive of the award-winning Theatre Royal Stratford East, which includes the archive of the renowned British theatre company, Theatre Workshop. Donated on behalf of the Theatre by the actor and Theatre Workshop alumnus Murray Melvin, the archive comprises 140 boxes containing a diverse array of material including scripts, performance recordi...