In Celebration is a 1969 play by the English writer David Storey. It is set in a Nottinghamshire mining town and tells the story of three brothers who visit their parents for their 40th wedding anniversary.
| In Celebration | |
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.jpg) First edition (Jonathan Cape, 1969) | |
| Written by | David Storey |
| Date premiered | 22 April 1969 |
| Place premiered | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| Setting | The Derbyshire mining town of Langwith |
According to Storey, the three brothers are based on aspects of himself: "One was a very passive nature, the second was a kind of conformist nature, and the third was a kind of bolshie nature that didn't want to have anything to do with the other two."[1] The play took three days to write. It premiered in April 1969 at the Royal Court Theatre, where it was directed by Lindsay Anderson and ran for twelve weeks.[2] Anderson also directed a 1975 film adaptation with the same title.[3]
Original cast edit
- Andrew Shaw - Alan Bates
- Mr Shaw - Bill Owen
- Mrs Shaw - Constance Chapman
- Colin Shaw - James Bolam
- Steven Shaw - Brian Cox
- Mrs Burnett - Gabrielle Daye
- Reardon – Fulton Mackay
References edit
- ^ Rees, Jasper (9 July 2007). "The day David Storey walloped a critic". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "In Celebration – Lindsay Anderson". www.lindsayanderson.com.
- ^ Lindsay Anderson Revisited: Unknown Aspects of a Film Director. 2016. pp. 158–162. ISBN 978-1-137-53942-7.