Tales of the Tricycle Theatre - Terry Stoller

Tales of the Tricycle Theatre provides an inside look at the
history of the north London theatre which has achieved renown with its staging of black, Irish, verbatim and political drama. Co-published with the Society for Theatre Research, the book draws extensively on archival research and interviews with actors,
playwrights, directors, designers and board members to document and celebrate the work of one of London's most artistically exciting and politically engaged theatres.Terry Stoller presents the Tricycle's story, giving you a front-row view of the theatre's productions, including:-
the work of generations of black British writers, from Mustapha Matura
and Alfred Fagon to Roy Williams, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Bola Agbaje- Irish plays ranging from Bernard Shaw's John Bull's Other Island to Brendan Behan's The Hostage- its critically lauded political play cycles The Bomb - A Partial History and The Great Game: Afghanistan, the latter performed at the Pentagon in 2011"[The
Tricycle Theatre] has been both defiantly local and proudly
international, it has held a mirror up to British society, and, above
all, it has proved that political engagement is not incompatible with
the highest artistic standards. It has helped make my life as a critic
worthwhile . . ."Michael Billington, Foreword