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Continental Plays produced by the Independent Theatre Society, 1891–8

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2009

Jan McDonald
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J. T. Grein, a Dutchman who was the founder of the Independent Theatre Society, first stated the aims such a body should have in the article he wrote with C. W. Jarvis in The Weekly Comedy (30 November 1889). It should be ‘a theatre free from the shackles of the censor, free from the fetters of convention, unhampered by financial considerations’.

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Research Article
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Theatre Research International , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , October 1975 , pp. 16 - 28
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Copyright © International Federation for Theatre Research 1975

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Notes

1. Grein, J. T., ‘A British Théâtre Libre, II’, The Weekly Comedy (7 12 1889).Google Scholar

2. Grein, J. T., ‘The Independent Theatre’, Black and White (14 03 1891).Google Scholar

3. There was a series of articles on the establishment of a British Théâtre Libre in The Weekly Comedy, 30 11, 7 12, 14 12 and 21 12 1889.Google Scholar There are comments on the scheme from A. W. Pinero, Thomas Hardy, William Archer, W. Davenport Adams, Robert Buchanan and Jerome K. Jerome, among others.

4. Grein, J. T. and Jarvis, C. W., ‘A British Theatre Libre (A Suggestion)’, The Weekly Comedy (30 11 1889).Google Scholar

5. Filon, Augustin, The English Stage.Google Scholar Translated by Whyte, Frederic. 1897. p. 290.Google Scholar

6. Orme, Michael, J. T. Grein, the Story of a Pioneer, 1862–1935. 1936. pp. 104–5.Google Scholar

7. Quotations from Leida are from the copy of the play in the Lord Chamberlain's collection in the British Museum, vol. 9, serial number 769 (53526).

8. The Weekly Comedy (12 10 1889).Google Scholar

9. Quotations from The Visit are from the copy of the play in the Lord Chamberlain's collection in the British Museum, vol. 5, serial number 737 (53494).

10. Quotations from A Man's Love are from the copy of the play in the Lord Chamberlain's collection in the British Museum, vol. II, serial number 674 (53431).

11. In his review of The Goldfish in The Speaker (16 07 1892)Google Scholar A. B. Walkley lists as one of the conventions of the ‘new’ drama, ‘the catastrophic baby’. Its serious illness or death or a problem about its future precipitates the dramatic crisis.

12. Quotations from The Goldfish are from the copy of the play in the Lord Chamberlain's collection in the British Museum, vol. 14, serial number 746 (53503).

13. The Speaker (16 07 1892).Google Scholar

14. Théâtre Complet de Brieux Volume I, Paris: 1921. p. 109.Google Scholar

15. Orme, Michael, J. T. Grein. 1936.Google Scholar Foreword by Conal O'Riordan.

16. Walkley, A. B.'s review of The Goldfish, The Star, 9 07 1892.Google Scholar

17. Zola, Emile, The Heirs of Rabourdin.Google Scholar Translated from the French by de Mattos, A. Texeira. 1894. p. vi.Google Scholar

18. Review of The Kiss in The Star (5 03 1892).Google Scholar