How might an understanding of theatre at Ormesby Hall change existing conceptions of the history and dramaturgy of British theatre?

我的研究将探索奥梅斯比音乐厅对现代英国戏剧发展的重要性，同时分析导致它被遗忘的环境。我将重点讲述戏剧工作坊在奥梅斯比的时间作为一个枢纽：社会、戏剧、历史和地理力量是如何在这个时刻作用于房子的，为他们创造了发展合作戏剧制作方法的氛围。我将展示他们对英国剧院的影响，并重新确立戏剧工作室的地区身份，这种身份往往被他们后来在皇家斯特拉特福德剧院和西区的成功所掩盖。这一举动反映了当时的经济压力，导致剧院建筑制度的影响力越来越大，以及社区空间中流动剧目公司的衰落。尽管戏剧工作坊在艺术上取得了成功，但随着它们的同化和解散，其文化影响已经消退：当代公司没有复制它们的模式和目标。奥梅斯比音乐厅被排除在戏剧史之外，进一步反映出业余和基于社区的工作被排除在主流专业实践之外。对这一时期及其失败的理解提供了一段另类的历史，一段英国剧院里可能发生的事情。随着剧院再次回到地区性、社区和工作方法的问题上，这项研究是及时的，并提供了恢复这些工作方法的潜力。

My research will explore the importance of Ormesby Hall to the development of modern British theatre, whilst analysing the circumstances that have led to it being forgotten. I will focus on Theatre Workshop's time at Ormesby as a hinge: how the social, theatrical, historical and geographical forces acting on the house at this moment created the climate for them to develop their method of collaborative theatremaking. I will demonstrate their impact on British Theatre and reclaim Theatre Workshop's regional identity, often obscured by an emphasis on their later success at Theatre RoyalStratford East and in The West End. This move reflects the economic pressure of the time, that caused the growing influence of the institution of the theatre building and the decline of the travelling repertory company in community spaces. Although an artistic success, the cultural impact of Theatre Workshop has faded since their assimilation and disbanding: contemporary companies have not replicated their model and objectives. The sidelining of Ormesby Hall from theatrical history further reflects the exclusion of amateur and community-based work from mainstream professional practice. An understanding of this period - and its failings - offers an alternative history, a 'what might have been' in British Theatre. With theatres once more returning to issues of regionality, community and methods of working, thisresearch is timely and offers a potential to revive these working methods.