Questors, Jesters and Renegades: The Story of Britain's Amateur Theatre

by Michael Coveney

This is the vital story of the amateur theatre as it developed from the medieval guilds to the modern theatre of Ayckbourn and Pinter, with a few mishaps and missed cues along the way. Michael Coveney - a former member of Ilford's Renegades - tells this tale with a charm and wit that will have you shouting out for an encore.

Between the two world wars, amateur theatre thrived across the UK, from Newcastle to Norwich, from Bolton to Birmingham...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350128376
• ISBN13: 9781350128378
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 216 Pages