Papers of Bryony Lavery, playwright 1971-2008

Lavery | Bryony | b 1947

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Bryony Lavery was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in December 1947. Her father was principal of the Dewsbury Nurse Training College. Lavery studied English at Hendon College of Technology. She was working as a theatre administrator when she wrote her first play I Was Too Young At The Time To Understand Why My Mother Was Crying . She has subsequently written over 60 plays, many of which are unpublished. They include Helen And Her Friends (1978); Bag (1979); Family Album (1980); Missing...

Female Trouble

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The Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company

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Gay Sweatshop was formed in London in 1975 and had its roots in the lunchtime theatre club "Ambience" held at the Almost Free theatre. Inter-Action, a co-operative community arts resource centre, staged a popular Women's season at the Almost Free theatre in 1974 and, inspired by their success, advertised for gay actors to take part in a gay theatre season planned for autumn 1974. The aim was to encourage gay people to produce a season of gay plays and eventually form a company. The ...

Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company

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Les Oeufs Malades

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Lavery | Bryony | b 1947

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Bryony Lavery was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, in December 1947. Her father was principal of the Dewsbury Nurse Training College. Lavery studied English at Hendon College of Technology. She was working as a theatre administrator when she wrote her first play I Was Too Young At The Time To Understand Why My Mother Was Crying . She has subsequently written over 60 plays, many of which are unpublished. They include Helen And Her Friends (1978); Bag (1979); Family Album (1980); Missing...