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The Guardian - UK
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Ten of the most important plays of postwar Britain – in pictures

Douglas Jeffery: Happy Days, 1962, Royal Court Theatre
Winnie (Brenda Bruce) in Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, Royal Court, 1962 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery additions: Chips with Everything, Royal Court Theatre, 1963
Arnold Wesker's Chips with Everything, Royal Court, 1963 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: Oh! What a lovely war, 1963
Oh! What a lovely War, 1963, Wyndham's theatre Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: The Rocky Horror Show, 1973, Royal Court Theatre
Magenta (Patricia Quinn) and Riff Raff (Richard O’Brien) do the Timewarp in the original production of the Rocky Horror Show, Royal Court, 1973 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: Bent, Royal Court Theatre, 1979
Max (Ian McKellen) in Bent, 1979, Royal Court Theatre, 1979 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery additions: Skinner (Harriet Walter) in The Castle, Barbican
Skinner (Harriet Walter) in The Castle, Barbican, 1985 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Everyman, 1986,
Shirley (Pauline Collins) in Shirley Valentine, Liverpool Everyman, 1986 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: Abigails Party, 1977, Hampstead Theatre
Beverley (Alison Steadman) in Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh, Hampstead Theatre, 1977 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery: Road, Royal Court Theatre, 1987
Louisa (Jane Horrocks) and Scullery (Ian Dury) in Road, Royal Court, 1987 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
Douglas Jeffery additions: Robert (Bill Nighy) and Chris (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in Blue/ Orange
Robert (Bill Nighy) and Chris (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in Blue/Orange, Cottesloe, National Theatre, 2000 Photograph: Douglas Jeffery
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