Michael Billington on the demise of working-class theater in the UK

In a nutshell: While the dilemmas of the middle classes are always a fit subject for drama, UK theater critic Michael Billington argues that Britain’s theater currently neglects the issues and concerns of the working class.

Michael Billington on working-class theatreIs our theatre now inescapably middle-class? I ask because I recently took part in a debate on Radio 3’s Night Waves about the upsurge in working-class plays and movies that took place in the late 1950s and early 60s. Like my fellow panellist Ken Loach, I questioned the use of the term “kitchen sink”.

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