A portrait of life in and around the Theatre Royal at Stratford, East London, where Joan Littlewood's innovative Theatre Workshop, where realism is key as it aims to develop a new style of acting and approach to stage production.
Recent success in Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, could yet be eclipsed by Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, the Frank Norman and Lionel Bart musical comedy.
Includes interviews with Gerry Raffles (theatre manager) and Joan Littlewood (producer).
This clip is from Monitor, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Monday 15 February, 1959.
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