Theatre Director. She received recognition starting in the first half of the 20th century as a female British theatre director, which was a male dominated field. She was the first woman to be nominated for a Tony Award for Best Directing of a Play with the 1961 play, "Hostage." In 1965, she was the first woman to be nominated for a Tony Award for the Best Directing of a Musical. She was known to reject traditional standards of theatre in favor of addressing social concerns of the working-class audience. After receiving her early education in Catholic schools, she studied for a short time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1930s. She relocated to Manchester forming theatre workshops. From 1941 to 1943, she was banned from the BBC and had a MI5 file for her relationship with the Communist Party during World War II. Known as "The Mother of Modern Theatre", she co-founded the "Theatre Workshop" in 1945 in Manchester and by 1953, relocated it to the East End of London. Her theatre workshop company was disbanded in 1964. One of her most noteworthy productions was "Oh, What a Lovely War!" in 1963, which gave her a second Tony Award for Best Directing of a Musical. After this same play was performed in the Open-Air Theatre in 2002, it was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production. Highly influential, Littlewood helped to discover and nurture many of Britain's best-known actors and actresses including Barbara Windsor. She directed Windsor in the 1963 film "Sparrows Can't Sing." In 1984 she received a Lawrence Olivier Theatre Special Award for her contributions to theatre. After retiring, she relocated to France. She died in her sleep and was cremated at Golders Green with a private service. Her ashes were taken to Vienne, France to be reunited with those of her partner Gerry Raffles, who died in April of 1975.
Theatre Director. She received recognition starting in the first half of the 20th century as a female British theatre director, which was a male dominated field. She was the first woman to be nominated for a Tony Award for Best Directing of a Play with the 1961 play, "Hostage." In 1965, she was the first woman to be nominated for a Tony Award for the Best Directing of a Musical. She was known to reject traditional standards of theatre in favor of addressing social concerns of the working-class audience. After receiving her early education in Catholic schools, she studied for a short time at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1930s. She relocated to Manchester forming theatre workshops. From 1941 to 1943, she was banned from the BBC and had a MI5 file for her relationship with the Communist Party during World War II. Known as "The Mother of Modern Theatre", she co-founded the "Theatre Workshop" in 1945 in Manchester and by 1953, relocated it to the East End of London. Her theatre workshop company was disbanded in 1964. One of her most noteworthy productions was "Oh, What a Lovely War!" in 1963, which gave her a second Tony Award for Best Directing of a Musical. After this same play was performed in the Open-Air Theatre in 2002, it was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production. Highly influential, Littlewood helped to discover and nurture many of Britain's best-known actors and actresses including Barbara Windsor. She directed Windsor in the 1963 film "Sparrows Can't Sing." In 1984 she received a Lawrence Olivier Theatre Special Award for her contributions to theatre. After retiring, she relocated to France. She died in her sleep and was cremated at Golders Green with a private service. Her ashes were taken to Vienne, France to be reunited with those of her partner Gerry Raffles, who died in April of 1975.
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