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A Theatre for the People
The annual World Theatre Season opens on Monday at the Aldwych Theatre, London. The first visiting company is Theatre de la Cite from Lyons, directed by Roger Planchon. One of the greatest contemporary theatrical figures in France, Planchon's purpose in founding a theatre in an industrial suburb of Lyons was to bring serious drama to the people. His success has been phenomenal.
Release visited Planchon in Lyons rehearsing the plays he is bringing to London, and this film shows how he and his company are creating a real theatre for the people.
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Muriel Spark
The author of Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and many other distinguished novels, is one of the writers short-listed for the £5,000 award for the best novel of 1968. Mrs. Spark now lives in Rome, and Rome is the setting for her latest novel The Public Image and for this Release film about her life and work.

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Contributors

Subject (A Theatre for the People):
Roger Planchon
Director (A Theatre for the People)/producer:
Colin Nears
Subject:
Muriel Spark
Director (Muriel Spark):
Gavin Millar
Producer:
Darrol Blake
Producer:
Christopher Martin
Editor:
Lorna Pegram
Source: Radio Times

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