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Interviewed by Kate Harris on 20/09/07

After a experiencing a performance of Uranium 235 in Rhymney Church Hall in 1950, recently qualified school teacher Harry Greene decided to abandon his career to work with Theatre Workshop.

Greene describes his experiences with the Workshop in two interviews available here:

1. Talking with Dominic Shellard at the Golden Generation Conference, British Library, on 8-9 Sep 2008. You can hear an MP3 here.
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2. Talking with Kate Harris on 20 Sep 2007 in a wide-ranging interview. It is transcribed in full here.
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During his time with the company, Harry made a number of beautifully observed sketches, five of which are reproduced below.

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1. But we've got a home of our own Harry Greene's first impression of Theatre Workshop's new home in Stratford
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2. Fourteen actors plunging over railway embankment... On tour in Scotland, a road accident sends Theatre Workshop hurtling out of the lorry
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3. Setting for 'Richard II' Set designs for Theatre Workshop's 1955 production, staged at the same time by the Old Vic company.
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4. Rostra, Pillars and cheeses Harry's drawings of the small units that went into the stage design of many of Theatre Workshop's productions.
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5. Waiting at the border for visas On tour in Northern Europe, and lacking visas, Harry persuades border officials to accept the cash-strapped group's press cuttings instead - a rather laissez-faire laissez-passer.
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