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Joan Littlewood

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British theatre director and actress (1914-2002)

United KingdomActorsLived 1914 to 2002 · aged 87
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Joan Maud Littlewood was an English pioneering theatre director, who has been referred to as "The Mother of Modern Theatre", she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop Her production of Oh, What a Lovely War!

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Filmography 6

Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · ★ 6.7
Sparrows Can't Sing1963
Everybody's an Actor, Shakespeare Said1968
I Love This Dirty Town1969
The Ballad of Ewan MacColl1990
Joan Littlewood's Lovely War1994

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Television 1

Tempo1961

Awards 2

1995honorary doctorate
Society of London Theatre Special Award

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Joan Maud Littlewood was an English pioneering theatre director, who has been referred to as "The Mother of Modern Theatre", she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop Her production of Oh, What a Lovely War! in 1963 was one of her more influential pieces.

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United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 2002 · aged 87
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15 languages

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