Royal Court Theatre

Sean Connery did not eome from the same stable of British actors who would later become international film stars from the late 1950 s and the 1960 s, such as Albert Finney, Peter O Toole, Alan Bates and Tom Courtney. They came from a British Theatre wMeh had eertainly gone tMough a renaissance with the Angiy Young Man plays, particularly those staged at the Royal Court Theatre. Eaeh of these actors would become headline actors in international films fiom the early sixties onwards, whether in David Lean s epic pictures such as Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. ZMvago or in transatlantic successes such as Far From the Madding Crowd or Tom Jones. None of these actors, however, were ever really... 

Bond s next play. The Sea, was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre on 22 May 1973, directed by Gaskill. There is a strong biographical resonance to this play for the dramatist, as Bond was inspired by profound images from his childhood experiences as an evacuee in East Anglia. Bond recalled these memories in an interview in the Radio Times (4-10 March 1978) ... 

The play had its premiere, produced by the English Stage Company, at the Royal Court Theatre on 29 September 1971, directed by William Gaskill. It featured the actor Harry Andrews in the play s title role. In a programme note for a production of Lear at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in October 1975, Bond wrote ... 

The Royal Court Theatre and the Modem Stage (Cambridge University... 

Britain and whom Bond saw at the Royal Court, it informed debate within the liberal-left theatre and its practitioners ... 

Browne, T. (1975) Playwrights Theatre The English Stage Company at the Royal Court (London Pitman). 

---