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Alfred Burke
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Type
sound
Duration
00:24:59
Shelf mark
C1142/98
Subjects
Actors
Recording date
2005-11-29
Interviewees
Burke, Alfred, 1918-2011 (male)
Interviewers
Harris, Kate, 1981- (speaker, female)
Description
Alfred Burke, actor, on his memories of the Old Vic during the 1930s; training at RADA in 1937; repertory theatre; Arts Council tours; the Young Vic, George Devine and Michel Saint Denis; the Library Theatre, Manchester; new writing; Birmingham Rep; memories of directors; impressions of John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Ion Swinley; impact of early television; censorship.
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