My Dad Was a Communist
Aug 23, 2008Comedian Alexei Sayle, playwright Arnold Wesker and writer David Aaronovitch recall fascinating episodes from their communist childhood.
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Arnold Wesker
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Oct 19, 1972They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.
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Aug 14, 1961In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!
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Brodo di pollo con l'orzo
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National Theatre Live: The Kitchen
Oct 06, 2011The Kitchen, Arnold Wesker’s "extraordinary black comedy," is directed by Bijan Sheibani and features an ensemble cast of 29 actors. The production is set in a restaurant in 1950s London.
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The Kitchen
Nov 02, 1977Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his most performed play. The Kitchen has been produced in sixty cities including Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris - where it was the first widely recognized production by Théâtre du Soleil in 1967, Moscow, Montreal and Zurich.
Roots
Nov 28, 1992Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political matters by her boyfriend Ronnie. Through trying to pass on what she has learned, she discovers her own voice and views.
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Hönssoppa med korngryn
Feb 12, 1968The first play in a trilogy by Arnold Wesker. The Hungarian-Jewish immigrant Sarah Kahn firmly holds her family in London's East End. She is also the center of power for the socialist engagement of the family, which is being tested by the events of Eastern Europe after the war.
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Kuhinja
Mar 23, 1976The play follows the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of a busy morning.
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Love Letters on Blue Paper
Mar 02, 1976Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house – love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?
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Meurtres en sommeil
Apr 11, 2011Peter Boyd est le chef d'une équipe de police multi-discipline de détective et scientifique, La brigade des affaires classées, qui enquête sur d'anciens meurtres non résolus en utilisant les méthodes modernes, pas encore disponibles au moment de l'enquête initiale.
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