The Camp

In October 1981, Griselda Gambaro’s 1967 play ‘The Camp’ was given its British premiere in a multi-racial production by Internationalist Theatre (originally called New Internationalist Theatre) in London. Directed by Barry Philips, the cast included Richard Trent, Roy Lee and Angelique Rockas.

Translated by William Oliver in 1971 and considered one of Gambaro’s masterpieces, the play “comes from the school of allegorical theatre of oppression, written in a society in which brutality and censorship suppress democracy and the imagination … It draws its political parallels by reference to Nazi concentration camps, and makes its emotional points with reference to Artaud, the theatre of the absurd and the horrors of inner nightmare,” wrote Michelene Wandor, who in her Time Out preview pointed out the exciting risks that this new company were taking, not only in relation to its internationalist casting policy but also in its choice of plays.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Commandant
Emma
Guard
Martin
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Official

Crew

Designer / Costumes
Director
Lighting Designer
Producer
Stage Manager
Violin Improvisations
Assistant Designer

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