Theatre history Archives - Plays International & Europe

Ruth Walz, Berlin Theatre Photographer

An Exhibit in the Berlin Museum of Photography. Dana Rufolo reflects. I am grateful to Dr Ludger Derenthal, head of

Coloured pencil sketch showing two characters from the Canterbury Tales - the Clerk of Oxford and the Queen. Clerk is in leggings with codpiece and Queen is in blue gown with coloured patches.

Loudon Sainthill: A Retrospective

Loudon Sainthill (1918-1969) was an Australian artist and designer who worked in London from 1949 to 1969. He designed both

Margaret Holloway in jeans and crop top sits against a tree trunk at Bennington College in the seventies.

The Shakespeare Lady

Robert Schneider on Margaret Holloway. 20 June 2020 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel tells us that certain lives have world-historical importance;

Yul Brynner on a rostrum points at Gertrude Lawrence. Brynner is flanked by a guard on either side.

John Truscott: A Retrospective by Denise Whitehouse

Charismatic, brilliant, temperamental, a perfectionist workaholic and a man of impeccable taste, John Truscott occupies a preeminent place in Australian

Pair of actresses in black drape gauze veil over central bridal figure in white.

Riga Russian Theatre

One might think that intercultural fusions in the Baltic state of Latvia are spurred by the country’s relatively recent adhesion

Model for stage design for production of Uncle Vanya at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Pamela Howard: Theatre designer

Jeremy Malies makes regular visits returns to Chichester in West Sussex for this magazine. This time he visits the Pallant

War Horse puppet with full harness at theatre museum in London being tended by puppet groomsman.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Jeremy Malies in South Kensington Debate over the fate of the Theatre Museum at Covent Garden raged for many months

Montage of theatre magazines and head & shoulders picture of theatre critic HG Matthews.

HG Matthews: An Appreciation

Crysse Morrison A retrospective on my father, theatre critic HG Matthews (1893-1985) In 1962 when I was 18 my father

Trio of theatre makers facing camera direct. Includes Marina Davydova.

Yelena Gremina: Letter from Marina Davydova of “Teatp”

The translated editorial that Marina Davydova offered Plays International & Europe (PIE) needs to be put in context. Firstly, let