5-620: The British Theatre Association , originally known as the British Drama League , was an organisation established in 1919 to promote amateur and professional theatre in England, with a head office based at Fitzroy Square, London. It was founded by Geoffrey Whitworth . Its work included pursuing the creation of the National Theatre , offering library and research services, founded the journal Drama in 1919, and encouraging
10-699: The history of British theatre. The library he assembled is a large and important collection, now held at the Theatre Museum at Covent Garden. From 1919 until 1948, Whitworth edited the League's magazine, Drama . He was the drama critic of John O'London's Weekly (1922) and the Christian Science Monitor (1923). In 1924–5, he organized the theatre section of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. Whitworth
15-625: The introduction of drama into the national curriculum . Its name was changed to the British Theatre Association in 1972. The Association was disbanded in 1990, due to financial pressures. Play scripts held in its archive are now in the possession of the Theatre Museum , London. This British theatre–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Geoffrey Whitworth Geoffrey Arundel Whitworth CBE (7 April 1883 – 9 September 1951)
20-550: Was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an author. His works include a translation of The Legend of Tyl Ulenspiegel (1918) and a novel, The Bells of Paradise (1918). He wrote two notable plays, Father Noah (1918) and Haunted Houses (1934) as well as works on the theatre, The Theatre of my Heart (1930; revised 1938), The Making of a National Theatre (1951) and The Civic Theatre Scheme (1942). Whitworth's wife, Phyllis Whitworth, also worked on behalf of
25-413: Was an English lecturer and author who sought to promote amateur and professional theatre through the formation of the British Drama League , acting as its director for many years. Whitworth was instrumental in the founding of the National Theatre , and served the committee lobbying for this as its secretary. Though not an actor, he was praised by George Bernard Shaw as one of the most important figures in
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