During the Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalided from service, whereupon he joined Entertainments National Service Association ( ENSA ) and then ( on 4 May 1942 ) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester.

In the 19 BAFTA Awards for the Best Drama series awarded since 1992, Granada Television has won five in total, Cracker twice in 1994 and 1995, Cold Feet in 2002 and The Street in 2007 and 2008 – more than any other production company.

Later in 1974 Lambert became Head of Drama at Thames Television, a successor company of her former employers ABC.

In 1982, she rejoined the staff of parent company Thames Television as Director of Drama, and was given a seat on the company's board.

The theatre company was founded by Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and Mick Lally after the three had met and put on productions together while members of the University College Galway Drama Society Dramsoc.

The company performed strongly on programming, carrying on several ATV shows, most notably the soap-opera Crossroads and the hit Drama series Boon.

This was in spite of strenuous objections within the company, and when a group at Claris started a low-end Mac project called " Drama ", Gassée actively killed it.

She majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and later studied at the Yale School of Drama for her graduate degree and was a part of its theater company.

Soon after Newman arrived in the UK, ABC's Head of Drama Dennis Vance was moved into a more senior position with the company, and Thomas offered Newman his position, which the Canadian quickly accepted.

He brought some of his company to work with students of the BA ( Hons ) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Course at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

He then moved on to become Head of Drama at the independent production company Pearson Television, where he oversaw work on ITV police drama The Bill and another soap opera, Channel 5's Family Affairs, which he created, and was Executive Producer on C5's legal drama series, the BAFTA nominated Wing And A Prayer.

At the end of 2004, Young left the staff of the BBC to take up a new, position as Head of Drama at independent production company 19Television Limited, part of Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment, Also from the BBC came former Head of Development, Serena Cullen, who is now 19 Entertainment's Head of Development for Film and Television.

The company also uses the Sydney Theatre nearby, and the Drama Theatre in the Sydney Opera House.

The historical play 1857: Ek Safarnama by Javed Siddiqui is set Rebellion of 1857, which was also stage at Purana Qila, Delhi ramparts by Nadira Babbar and National School of Drama Repertory company, in 2008.

When Sugden graduated from the Guildhall School of Drama, she worked in repertory for eight years with a company that included Eric Sykes and Roy Dotrice.

He remained controller of BBC1 until 1993, when he left the BBC to join the independent company Carlton Television, where he became Director of Drama & Co-Production.

Pete Townshend, along with playwright Jeff Young, completed a musical radio play script of Lifehouse as a collaboration between BBC Radio Drama and Eel Pie, Townshend's publishing company.

In 2007 former Creative Director of BBC Drama Sally Woodward Gentle joined the company as Creative Director.

She then studied drama graduate school at the University of Michigan School of Drama, and worked as an actress with a summer stock company in Michigan for two seasons.

The company put on not only Shakespeare, but also staged the first play written by an African-American, The Drama of King Shotaway.

Among the distinguished alumni of San Jose Rep's early years, all of whom were recruited by the young Artistic Director David Lemos and played significant roles in launching the young company, are: James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of New York City's unique Signature Theater Company ; Richard Rodgers, Director of the Drama Division at Juilliard ; James Bundy, artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater and dean of the prestigious Yale School of Drama ; Elaine Avila, Associate Professor of Theatre Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico ; Fingerstyle Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter.

In 2011, Whitman Drama returned to the Edinburgh Fringe under the company name Ophiuchus Rising to perform The Laramie Project.

It also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

A 30-minute TV short film A Boy In Darkness ( also made in 2000 and adapted from Peake's novella ) was the first production from the BBC Drama Lab.

The play also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 1968, and Outstanding Production from the Outer Critics Circle in 1969.

The film also won the Golden Globes for Best Picture – Drama and Director, the BAFTA Award for Special Effects and Sound, the Directors Guild of America Award, a Grammy Award for Best Film Soundtrack, the Producers Guild of America Golden Laurel Award, and the Saturn Award for Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film.

The Records of Early English Drama ( REED ), also known as the Centre for Research in Early English Drama, is an international scholarly project that looks at the broader context from which the great drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries grew.

It was also selected for the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by that award's drama jury.

Eton College has also staged numerous plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, under the production name ' Double Edge Drama '.

Crazy Heart also won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.

For the latter role, he was also nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.

The store is also seen in the couch gag of " Lisa the Drama Queen ", where The Comic Book Guy puts a price tag on ( then berates ) a Simpsons couch gag toy.

She was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award.

At the Golden Globes, the film won Best Picture in the Drama category and Best Score ; it was also nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best New Male Star for Henry Thomas.

Pirosh was also nominated for a Writers Guild Award for Best Written American Drama.

She also performed the lead role in an Off-Broadway production called Our Leading Lady written by Charles Busch in which she earned a nomination from the Drama League for her performance.

It is also home to a summer musical theater / theater program known as TADW ( TeenAge Drama Workshop ) that leads teenagers through an intensive six-week training of the fine arts.

He also attended the Geller Drama School in Los Angeles on the G. I.

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British TV Drama Misfits is also filmed in Thamesmead.

The venue has also hosted the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals ( 2008 ) and is the current home of the North West Music Festival, The Stage Write Schools Drama Festival, Sounds Like Summer Music Festival, Strabane Drama Festival and the Johnny Crampsie Music Festival.

Maugham's plays, like his novels, usually had a conventional plot structure, but the decade also saw the rise of the so-called New Drama, represented in plays by George Bernard Shaw, Harley Granville Barker, and Continental imports by Henrik Ibsen and Gerhardt Hauptmann.

Irondale also has the largest Drama program in the Mounds View School District.

Other organizations have also competed in state and district championships in Band, Choir, Dance, and Drama.