Peggy to her Playwrights

The Letters of Margaret Ramsay, Play Agent

Colin Chambers (Author), Peggy Ramsay

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Oberon Books Ltd
01 April 2019

Theatre: individual actors & directors; Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography: literary; Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Series: Oberon Books

Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to have been at the centre of British playwriting for several generations from the late 1950s on.

To her remarkable array of clients, her letter writing was notorious, marked by searing candour, both a wondrous motivation and an

unforgiving scrutiny to be feared.

‘Peggy judged by the most exalted standards and lashed her writers when they failed to meet them. Her force of personality made her well-nigh irresistible. The letters she wrote to her writers and to producers are extraordinary documents, filled with all these qualities, and indiscreet, blasphemous and saucy to boot.’ – Simon Callow

By: Colin Chambers (Author), Peggy Ramsay
Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781786826442
ISBN 10: 1786826445
Series: Oberon Books
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 01 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements vii INTRODUCTION 1 EDITOR’S NOTE 12 ARTHUR ADAMOV 15 RHYS ADRIAN 17 JOHN ARDEN and MARGARETTA D’ARCY 18 ALAN AYCKBOURN 28 ENID BAGNOLD 45 PETER BARNES 50 JOHN BARTON 52 ROBERT BOLT 53 EDWARD BOND 88 JOHN BOWEN 94 HOWARD BRENTON 99 BRIGID BROPHY 102 CARYL CHURCHILL 104 RICHARD COTTRELL 107 DAVID CREGAN 108 JONATHAN GEMS 109 PETER GILL 110 CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON 110 DAVID HARE 113 JOHN HOLMSTROM (a.k.a. ROGER GELLERT) 120 DONALD HOWARTH 122 ANN JELLICOE 126 THOMAS KILROY 127 STEPHEN LOWE 130 FRANK MARCUS 131 JOHN McGRATH 132 DAVID MERCER 133 JOHN MORTIMER 137 PETER NICHOLS 139 JOE ORTON 141 ALAN PLATER 160 STEPHEN POLIAKOFF 164 DAVID RUDKIN 169 WILLY RUSSELL 173 JAMES SAUNDERS 176 WALLACE SHAWN 177 MARTIN SHERMAN 180 COLIN SPENCER 180 JOHN WHITING 181 CHARLES WOOD 185 POSTSCRIPT 188 P.P.S. 199 index 201

Colin Chambers, a former journalist and theatre critic, was Literary Manager of the RSC (1981-1997), and since 2014 has been Emeritus Professor of Drama at Kingston University.