, the fifth play by David Storey (1933-2017), opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 9 November 1971. Its director was, once again, Lindsay Anderson (1923-94), who had directed four of Storey’s previous plays and the 1963 film version of his first published novel,
This Sporting Life(1960). In the introduction to volume 3 of his plays, which contains the text of
The Changing Room, Storey offers a fascinating account of its genesis. In 1970, he had gone to see a production of his third play,
The Contractor(1969), at London’s Fortune Theatre, to which it had transferred after its successful run at the Royal Court the year before. Between the afternoon and evening performances, he had talked to the actors in the Green Room, where actors gather before, after and…
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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "The Changing Room". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 February 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1302, accessed 27 November 2024.]
