10 Facts About Ann Jellicoe

Patricia Ann Jellicoe was an English playwright, theatre director and actress.

Ann Jellicoe attended Polam Hall School and Queen Margaret's School, York and studied performing arts at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Ann Jellicoe established a Sunday Theatre Club where she produced and directed a number of plays exploring the possibilities of this form of Open stage theatre, including a one-act of her own.

Thereafter, Ann Jellicoe used many of her plays to further explore her innovative ideas on theatre.

Ann Jellicoe submitted The Sport of My Mad Mother, which won a prize in the competition.

In writing this play Ann Jellicoe applied many of the ideas she had learnt in her early years at Central School.

Ann Jellicoe revised the original 1958 version in 1962 to create a better play.

Ann Jellicoe's best known play is The Knack first performed at the Royal Court in 1962.

In 1978, Ann Jellicoe set up the Colway Theatre Trust to explore the concept of Community Plays: pioneering work which she continued to develop over the next ten years.

Ann Jellicoe is of international standing, run by Jon Oram who has written, produced or directed over 40 productions.