NATIONAL THEATRE
Survey Of Audience Analysis of a questionnaire completed by patrons of the National Theatre shows . that 35 per cent of the audience was either teaching or being taught, and 24 per cent consisted of clerical or other white-collar workers. Fifty-five per cent were aged 35 or under. Thirty-seven per cent went to the theatre more than 30 times a year, and 15 per cent more than 50 times. A further nine percent went more than 75 times. “The most distressing figure” according to the theatre management, was the 0.3 per cent of' manual worker patrons. This, it was suggested, showed that live theatre was socially beyond the desires and financially beyond the means of working-class audiences. The obvious remedy was to reduce prices of admission. The overwhelming majority of playgoers at the National Theatre came from - London and the home counties—B9 per cent, compared with a tiny majority from the rest of Britain and overseas.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30398, 24 March 1964, Page 8
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157NATIONAL THEATRE Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30398, 24 March 1964, Page 8
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