My bruising love affair with the Royal Court
For 60 turbulent years, the Royal Court has thrilled and outraged audiences and critics alike. Michael Billington, who was once cuffed by an angry playwright there, celebrates " and picks 10 landmark showsThe Royal Court is much more than a theatre. It has been, during the 60-year-long tenure of the English Stage Company, both a battleground and a beacon. I only fully grasped its symbolic power when I was out of the …