Description

Admin History:

Out of Joint Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Max Stafford-Clark and Sonia Friedman. It represents the fourth phase of Stafford-Clark's career which began with his work at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 1966 to 1972, as Stage Manager, Artistic Director and then Director of the Traverse Workshop Company. He then founded The Joint Stock Theatre group in 1974 together with William Gaskill and others. From 1979 to 1993 he was Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre. Sonia Friedman was a producer at the National Theatre, specialising in touring productions and theatre for young people from 1989 to 1993. Following her involvement in Out of Joint, she went on to form Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) in 2002, a subsidiary of the Ambassador Theatre Group.

Description:

Material relating to the artistic, administrative and financial activities of the company.

Material relating to productions varies from production to production, but might include: scripts and other papers for rehearsals, stage management, lighting, sound, etc, prompter; and also show reports, budgets, box office returns, etc

Also includes corporate papers, accounts, correspondence, administrative papers, material relating to funding, external relations, outreach and education, publicity and marketing; contracts for writers, venues and actors, and material relating to casting.

Productions:

The Queen and I by Sue Townsend and Road by Jim Cartwright

The Man of Mode by George Etherege

The Libertine by Stephen Jeffreys

The Break of Day by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry

Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill

The Positive Hour by April De Angelis

Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill

Our Lady of Sligo by Sebastian Barry

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Drummers by Simon Bennett

Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill

Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar and

A State Affair by Robin Soans

Feelgood by Alistair Beaton

Sliding with Suzanne by Judy Upton

Hinterland by Sebastian Barry

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith and

A Laughing Matter by April De Angelis

The Permanent Way by David Hare

Duck by Stella Feehily

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters by Russell Barr

Talking to Terrorists by Robin Soans

go my Man by Stella Feehily

The Overwhelming by J.T. Rogers