Look Back At Anger

2008 marks 40 years of Red Ladder Theatre Company. In§1968, a large number of agit prop theatre companies§mushroomed in Britain. The Agit Prop Street Players§who later renamed themselves as Red Ladder was one.§With time other theatre companies surrendered to and§became part of theatre history. Not so Red Ladder. It§has survived and it is now time for a reassessment.§Is agit prop theatre dead or alive? How does such§theatrical practice contribute to society/community?§These are only some of the questions the book§explores. It looks back at all the anger that led to§the emergence of Red Ladder and how it surged ahead§as a leading youth theatre company in a multicultural§Britain of today. An analysis of the plays of Red§Ladder, of their techniques of performance and§production, an in-depth study of the changing§artistic and other policies of the Company are some§of the features of this book. The book s§distinctiveness lies in the textual analysis of the§plays and the investigative nature of the research§undertaken. To anyone interested in theatre history,§past and presently in the making, whether as a§practitioner or for purely academic purposes, this§book will be insightful.