Peter Terson's Vale of Evesham
1975; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3138/md.18.2.173
ISSN1712-5286
Autores Tópico(s)Theatre and Performance Studies
ResumoPETER TERSON IS CERTAINLY one of the more significant playwrights being staged in Great Britain today. Since 1967 ten of Terson's plays have received West End showings. In 1967 he shared with Peter Nichols the John Whiting Award from the Arts Council; and in 1972 he received the British Writers Guild Award for the best radio play, The Fishing Party. Widely produced and written about in Europe, his almost total lack of recognition in North America remains a mystery. Since 1963 Peter Terson has written over sixty plays in addition to his radio and television dramas. Most of his produced stage work has been originally performed at the Victoria Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent, a small Midlands theatre-in-the-round which has developed an international reputation for its support of new playwrights and for its innovative work in musical documentary drama. Terson was resident playwright at the Victoria under the director Peter Cheeseman from 1965-1967, and has been officially connected with the theatre as a writer-in-association ever Since.
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