Charles Marowitz (26 January 1934 – 2 May 2014) was an American critic , theatre director , and playwright , regular columnist on Swans Commentary. He collaborated with Peter Brook at the Royal Shakespeare Company , and later founded and directed The Open Space Theatre in London .
4-657: The Open Space Theatre was created by Charles Marowitz and Thelma Holt in 1968. It began in a basement on Tottenham Court Road in London , then transferred to an art deco post office on the Euston Road in 1976. Thelma attracted a team of volunteer architects and workers to build the theatre (including David Schofield). And its first production was Charles Marowitz' adaptation of the Merchant of Venice ('The Merchant') starring Vladek Sheybal. Natasha Pyne played Ophelia in
8-717: A Charles Marowitz 's adaptation of Shakespeare 's ' Hamlet ' at the Open Space Theatre at Tottenham Court Road in July 1969. The company operated until around 1980. Jinnie Schiele's book (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2006) relates the history of the Open Space with that of Holt's later venue, the Roundhouse . 51°31′05″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5180°N 0.1322°W / 51.5180; -0.1322 This British theatre–related article
12-457: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charles Marowitz He was also the co-founder of Encore magazine which was published between 1954 and 1965, and co-editor of The Encore Reader: A Chronicle of the New Drama (1965). He was a regular contributor to publications such as The New York Times , The Times (London), TheaterWeek , and American Theatre and
16-539: Was the lead critic on the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner until it ceased publication. The period as a critic in London was recorded in the book Confessions of a Counterfeit Critic (Eyre Methuen 1973). Its subtitle was A London Theatre Notebook 1958-1971 . He was the author of Murdering Marlowe , which imagined a rivalry between William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe . It was selected as
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