Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford mb-height 2273 'A common council beast

'A common council beast

Shipyard of James Ash & Co

A hangman pulls at a rope secured around the neck of a bust of the Duke of Wellington

and St Paul's Cathedral

Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford mb-height 2273 'A common council beastJoan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, East London, prides itself on bringing the people into the theatre. But recently the theatre went out among the people. Waveney Lee, 18, (on the left), and Maureen Beck, 24, slipped away from rehearsals to do some shopping in the local market and their period costumes caused some eyebrows to be raised, They are appearing in the Albatross, a new play set in the 19th Century. 4th November 1963