In Celebration (play)
1969 play by David Storey
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In Celebration is a 1969 play by the English writer David Storey. It is set in a Nottinghamshire mining town and tells the story of three brothers who visit their parents for their 40th wedding anniversary.
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| In Celebration | |
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First edition (Jonathan Cape, 1969) | |
| Written by | David Storey |
| Setting | The Derbyshire mining town of Langwith |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 22 April 1969 |
| Place | Royal Court Theatre, London |
According to Storey, the three brothers are based on aspects of himself: "One was a very passive nature, the second was a kind of conformist nature, and the third was a kind of bolshie nature that didn't want to have anything to do with the other two."[1] The play took three days to write. It premiered in April 1969 at the Royal Court Theatre, where it was directed by Lindsay Anderson and ran for twelve weeks.[2] Anderson also directed a 1975 film adaptation with the same title and the same cast (with the exclusion of the Reardon character).[3]
Original cast
- Andrew Shaw – Alan Bates
- Mr Shaw – Bill Owen
- Mrs Shaw – Constance Chapman
- Colin Shaw – James Bolam
- Steven Shaw – Brian Cox
- Mrs Burnett – Gabrielle Daye
- Reardon – Fulton Mackay