Pub Theatre
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Londoners are enjoying a new kind of theatre-going, not on the West End stage, but in the tavern around the corner. Michele Brown visits the King’s Head at Islington to enjoy a pint of ale, and a form of live theatre in a relaxed informal setting.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, includes an interview with the theatre’s founder, Dan Crawford. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Performing arts
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/733
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- AI Films
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Charles Leigh-Bennett
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
- Presenter
- Silverio Perez Salas
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
How to cite this record
'Pub Theatre', This Week In Britain Issue No. 733, 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/328974 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)