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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

Royal Court theatre launches digital archive of every play performed there

A scene from John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, the first play performed at the Royal Court in 1956
A scene from John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, the first play performed at the Royal Court in 1956. Photograph: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis/Getty Images

The Royal Court has launched a free digital archive of every play performed at the London theatre since 1956 as a resource for writers, directors and members of the public.

Almost 2,000 plays by more than 1,000 writers are accessible on the theatre’s Living Archive, along with lists of their casts and directors.

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