An inspiring collection of letters writtenby play agent Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) to her numerous clients.
Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to have been at the centre of British playwriting for several generations from the late 1950s on.
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To her remarkable array of clients, her letter writing was notorious, marked by searing candour, both a wondrous motivation and an
Colin Chambers, a former journalist and theatre critic, was Literary Manager of the RSC (1981-1997), and since 2014 has been Emeritus Professor of Drama at Kingston University.
Acknowledgements vii
INTRODUCTION 1
EDITORS NOTE 12
ARTHUR ADAMOV 15
RHYS ADRIAN 17
JOHN ARDEN and MARGARETTA DARCY 18
ALAN AYCKBOURN 28
ENID BAGNOLD 45
PETER BARNES 50
JOHN BARTON 52
ROBERT BOLT 53
EDWARD BOND 88
JOHN BOWEN 94
HOWARD BRENTON 99
BRIGID BROPHY 102
CARYL CHURCHILL 104
RICHARD COTTRELL 107
DAVID CREGAN 108
JONATHAN GEMS 109
PETER GILL 110
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON 110
DAVID HARE 113
JOHN HOLMSTROM (a.k.a. ROGER GELLERT) 120
DONALD HOWARTH 122
ANN JELLICOE 126
THOMAS KILROY 127
STEPHEN LOWE 130
FRANK MARCUS 131
JOHN McGRATH 132
DAVID MERCER 133
JOHN MORTIMER 137
PETER NICHOLS 139
JOE ORTON 141
ALAN PLATER 160
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF 164
DAVID RUDKIN 169
WILLY RUSSELL 173
JAMES SAUNDERS 176
WALLACE SHAWN 177
MARTIN SHERMAN 180
COLIN SPENCER 180
JOHN WHITING 181
CHARLES WOOD 185
POSTSCRIPT 188
P.P.S. 199
index 201