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Roland Metcalf

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  • Type

    sound

  • Duration

    01:03:36

  • Shelf mark

    C1142/287

  • Subjects

    Stage designers

  • Recording date

    2010-03-22

  • Interviewees

    Metcalf, Roland (male)

  • Interviewers

    Musso, Marta (speaker, female)

  • Description

    Roland Metcalf, chief electrician; lighting zoner; local amateur theatre; King’s Lynn, the King’s Lynn Players; St. George’s Players; the Operatics and Dramatics Society; West Norfolk Gilbert and Sullivan; Fringe Festival in Edinburgh; Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham; King’s Lynn Festival; Theatre in Education; Repertory Theatre; David Horovitch; Jennie Lee; Art Council Funds; Ian Mullins; John Neville; Peter Cheeseman; Michael Ashton; relations between theatre and television; the advent of computer boards as lighting; Lady Fermoy; Loot by Joe Orton; Cheltenham and censorship; the production system and the repertories; Sooty&Sweep; Ballet Rambert; Rada drama school; Tony Theatre; Richard “Bing” Crosby; Christopher Barron; the Everyman Group. [Interview recorded at the BL].

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Roland Metcalf

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