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Koltai, Ralph (12 of 28) An Oral History of Theatre Design
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Type
sound
Duration
00:18:28
Shelf mark
C1173/01
Recording date
2002-08-23, 2002-11-06, 2003-01-09, 2003-02-27, 2003-05-
Recording locations
Interviewee's home, London
Interviewees
Koltai, Ralph 1924- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
O'Ryan, Lydia (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 12: RK design role in subsidised theatre (continued); remarks on commercial takeover of subsidised theatre productions. Comments on RK's teaching career and use of Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre [JCT]. [Cochrane Traverse Company with Charles Marowitz, Michael Geliot and Jim Hayes] Mentions disagreement with Nick Orr, General Manager of JCT over function of JCT. RK's links with CSM; mentions Michael Tranmer and RK's championing of John Gunter [JG] for head of Design at CSM. Remarks on JG's personal and professional qualities. Mentions JG's design for Anything Goes at the National Theatre, London.
Description
Life story interview with Ralph Koltai (1924-), theatre designer.
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