Towards the end of the Lord Chamberlain's era, when his hold was being loosened, private prosecutions began to happen. A member of staff at the Royal Court ordered to stop the play, and the police were brought in. — Timothy West Copy Share Image
The Long and the Short and the Tall made a great impression on me because it was a very ugly tale about the reality… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
I got very cross with the term, kitchen sink. It just meant that you invaded different kinds of houses, where it was very difficult… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
The cool thing about making a Western is that people want to be in them. You rarely get the opportunity. With horror movies you… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language. — Timothy West Copy Share Image
In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict touring theatres and put… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
The foyers now look ridiculously small to us because not all that many people used them. — Timothy West Copy Share Image
There were loads of plays which were very popular before and after the war, where everybody wore a dinner jacket in the third act… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
There was no real fringe theatre in London until way after the war, so either a play was done secretly with a club licence… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
The bigger the movie is, the more agendas everybody has. It becomes more of a job for everyone, but on these small movies, you're… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
Suddenly we saw that you could do plays about real life, and people had been doing them for some time, but they weren't always… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
No producer should revive a play unless they have a very good reason for it. I think there's quite enough about a good play… — Timothy West Copy Share Image
