Ewan maccoll biography of christopher

          A new Sky Arts documentary, 'Set The Night On Fire', examines both the life and music of Ewan MacColl featuring interviews with Peggy Seeger.

        1. A new Sky Arts documentary, 'Set The Night On Fire', examines both the life and music of Ewan MacColl featuring interviews with Peggy Seeger.
        2. Ewan MacColl is known to most people as a songwriter and singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting.
        3. Born into a working class family in Salford, England, MacColl found his voice through political theatre before spearheading a revival in folk music in Britain.
        4. Rather than being Scottish, for example, as he usually claimed, MacColl was born in Salford in England in January At that point, he was.
        5. Set the Night on Fire tells the story of MacColl's life and his varied career, with current folk musicians and close family providing new versions of his key.

          6. Born into a working class family in Salford, England, MacColl found his voice through political theatre before spearheading a revival in folk music in Britain....

          Joan Littlewood

          English theatre director (–)

          Joan Maud Littlewood (6 October – 20 September ) was an English theatre director who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and is best known for her work in developing the Theatre Workshop.

          She has been called "The Mother of Modern Theatre".[2] Her production of Oh, What a Lovely War! in was one of her more influential pieces.

          Littlewood and her company lived and slept in the Theatre Royal while it was restored.

          Productions of The Alchemist and Richard II, the latter starring Harry H. Corbett in the title role, established the reputation of the company.[3]

          She also conceived and developed the concept of the Fun Palace in collaboration with architect Cedric Price,[4] an experimental model of a participatory social environment that, although never realized, has become an important influence in the architecture of the 20th and 21st centuries.[citation needed]

          Miss Littlewood