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Rocky Horror timeline:

• June 16th, 1973 - The Rocky Hora Show, originally written by O'Brien has its first preview showing at the royal court theatre upstairs, Sloane Square, London. The show then plays later that year at the classic cinema, then at the King's road theatre. After 2960 performances, and various locations in England later, the show closes September 13th, 1980.
• March 19th, 1974 - The Rocky Hora show has it's first us preview showings at the Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles. Ran for 9 months.
• October 23rd, 1974 - filming begins on The Rocky Hora Picture Show, at Oakley court/ Bray studios near Windsor, England.
• March 10th, 1975 - The Rocky Hora Show starts showing in Broadway at the Belasco Theatre New York. Run ended on April 5th, 1975 after only 3 previews and 45 showings.
• August 1975 - The Rocky Hora Picture show has its worldwide premiere in London.
• September 1975 - The Rocky Hora Picture Show has Its US premiere at the UA Westwood theatre.
• October 31st, 1985 - The Rocky Hora Picture show celebrates its 10th anniversary in the Beacon Theatre New York.
• October 18th, 1990 -  Los Angeles declared it Rocky Hora Picture Show day.
• October 20th, 1990 - RHPS celebrates its 15th anniversary on sound stage 14 at the 20th century Fox studios 

Harvard reference:
Rockyhorror.com. (2019). TRHPS Official Fan Site: History: Rocky Horror Timeline. [online] Available at: http://www.rockyhorror.com/history/timeline.php [Accessed 13 May 2019].

Glam rock research:
Glam Rock is also known as Glitter rock. Glam Rock was a musical movement that began in Britain in the early 1970s. It celebrated the spectate of the rock star and the concert. The male artist would be covered in glitter and would go on stage wearing makeup and female clothing. They also adopted over the top personalities and put on glamorous musical productions that were frequently characterized by space-age futurism. Glam rock was a protest against the mainstream rock in the late  1960s. Rock was looked at as a  rebellious act, when Glam rock came around people like  Robert Palmer called it, 'rebelling against rebellion.' The main instrument used to create glam rock music was a guitar or a series of guitar. 
David Bowie was one of the movements principle protectionists. He set the standards for showmanship while producing 'the man who sold the world' (in 1970) and 'the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spider from Mars' (in 1972).
Other members of glitterati were:
- Gary Glitter
-Slade 
-Marc Bolan's T.Rex Other performers  associated with glam rock:
- Elton John
- Queen
- Rocky music 
- The sweet
Key characteristics of Glam rock:
- makeup
- female clothing
- theatricality
- sound of glam and punk rock


LGBT+ 1970s timeline
1970- Gay liberation front (GLF) was established at London school of economics on the 13th October, in response to debates many gay men and lesbians were having in Britain about the way they were treated. The formation of GLF was also influenced by the Stonewall rebellion in the USA that started on 28th June 1969. During this time transsexual and intersex people in Britain, could not legally change their birth certificates.
1971- The nationwide festival of lights supported by Cliff Richard, Mary Whitehouse, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Lord Longford was held by British Christians who were concerned about the development of the permissive society in the UK and in particular, homosexuality and out of wedlock sexual activity. The GLF interrupted the festival with a series of demonstration. 
1972- In London, the first ever pride rally was held. 1000 people marched from Trafalgar square to hyde park. Gay news, British's first gay newspaper was made. 
1973- London icebreakers forms, offering a 24-hour helpline staffed exclusively by LGBT people and offered gay-affirmative support. The campaign for homosexuality equality holds the first British gay rights conference in Morecambe, Lancashire. also in Manchester, a gay alliance was formed by the university's lesbian and gay society. Dr. Carol Steele a transexual woman made the Manchester TV/TS group, a group for transvestites and transexuals.
1974- Maureen Colquhoun from the labour party came out as the first lesbian MP. When she was elected she was married in a heterosexual marriage. when she came out the labour party did not support her. The first TV/TS conference was held in Leeds. Britain's top generalist Jan Morris made a personal account of her transition.
1975- A film portraying homosexual gay icon Quentin Crisp's life, The Naked Civil Servant was transmitted by Thames Television for the British television channel ITV. the liberal party missed a conference that was put in place to discuss support of equality for gay people including equal age of consent.
1976- Britains political group liberty, called for an equal age of consent of 14 in Britain. Gay bowel syndrome was a range of rectal diseases seen among gay males; in the pre-aids era, this was the first medical term that related to gay men. the London gay teenage group was made by Phillip Cox and Paul Welch, it was run by Steven Power. this was the first gay youth group in the world.
1977- The first gay lesbian Trades union congress (TUC) conference took place to discuss workplace rights for gay and lesbians. 
1978- (ILGA) International lesbian and gay association was founded as the international gay association on August 8th. this happened during the conference of the campaign for homosexual equality in England at a meeting attended by 30 men representing 17 organisation from 14 countries. in this conference also called upon amnesty international to take up the issue of persecution of lesbians and gays.

Harvered reference: 
En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom [Accessed 16 Jun. 2019].

All the different casts: 
London original stage cast 1973:
Usherette/ Magenta - Patricia Quinn
Narrator - Jonathan Adams
Brad Majors - Christopher Malcolm
Janet Weiss - Julie Covington
Riff Raff - Richard O'Brien
Colombia - Nell Campbell
Dr Frank'N'Furter - Tim Curry
Rocky - Rayner Bourton
Eddie/ Dr Scott - Patty O'Hagen

Harvered reference:
McHorse, S. (2019). RockyMusic - The Rocky Horror Show (Original London Cast) (1973). [online] Rockymusic.org. Available at: http://www.rockymusic.org/album/london-73.php [Accessed 16 Jun. 2019].

LA original stage cast 1974:
Usherette/ Magenta - Jamie Donnelly
Narrator - Graham Jarvis 
Brad Majors - Bill Miller
Janet Weiss - Abigaile Haness
Riff Raff - Bruce Scott
Colombia - Boni Enten
Dr Frank'N'Furter - Tim Curry 
Rocky - Kim Milford
Eddie/ Dr Scott - Meatloaf

Harvered reference:
Broadwayworld.com. (2019). The Rocky Horror Show Original Los Angeles Cast - 1974 Los Angeles. [online] Available at: https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=9123 [Accessed 16 Jun. 2019].

Original film cast 1975:
Usherette/ Magenta - Patricia Quinn
Narrator/ Criminologist - Charles Gray
Brad Majors - Barry Bostwick
Janet Weiss - Susan Sarandon
Riff Raff - Richard O'Brien
Colombia - Nell Campbell
Dr Frank'N'Furter - Tim Curry
Rocky - Peter Hinwood
Eddie - Meatloaf
Dr Scott - Jonathan Adams

Harvered reference:
IMDb. (2019). The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - IMDb. [online] Available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/fullcredits [Accessed 16 Jun. 2019].

2015 stage cast:
Narrators - Emma Bunton, Stephen Fry, Adrian Edmondson, Anthony Head, Richard O'Brien, Mel Giedroyc
Usherette/ Magenta - Jayde Westaby
Janet Weiss - Haley Flaherty
Brad Majors - Ben Foster
Riff Raff - Kristian Lavercombe
Colombia - Sophie Linder-Lee
Dr Frank'N'Furter - David Bedella
Rocky - Dominic Andersen 
Eddie/ Dr Scott - Richard Meek 

Harvered reference:
IMDb. (2019). Rocky Horror Show Live (2015) - IMDb. [online] Available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5061126/ [Accessed 16 Jun. 2019].

Sci-fi B movies
A B-movie is a low budget film that contained a cast full of unknowns or non 'A-list' actors.

Themes of B-movies:

• Dramatic
• Large cartoon fonts
• dramatic voice over / narrative
• usually comic boo inspired
• Damsel in distress

Genres of B-movies:

• Science fiction
• Horror
• Thriller
• Action

B-movies are usually shorter than A-list movies and tend to have little to no studio backing behind it. B-movies both new and old share some or all of the following characteristics:

• low budget
• unknown actors
• offbeat premises
• unpretentiousness

The difference between B-movies, cult movies and midnight movies is:

Rocky Horror is a cult favourite, which means it has developed a rapid underground and become more mainstream following: midnight screenings in movie theatre around the world. Originally this is what a midnight movie was referred to, but as years have gone on its new meaning stands for 'adult' (films contain sexual content or disturbing content), usually midnight movies are not approved by the MPAA. Where as a B-movie is a movie that had a small budget and a movie that didn't get much attention upon its initial release date.

A B-movie can be a cult movie and a cult movie can be a B-movie.

Examples of B-movies:

- The giant claw (created in 1957 directed by Fred.F.Sears)














Harvard reference Bing.com. (2019). giant claw 1957 - Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=pxy%2fifiW&id=0A3C2122B2DC38B1C3FA35AC5C4BE0A0A8722874&thid=OIP.pxy_ifiW5ZRyLNLlEusZegHaLN&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fwrongsideoftheart.com%2fwp-content%2fgallery%2fposters-g%2fgiant_claw_poster_01.jpg&exph=2925&expw=1933&q=giant+claw+1957&simid=608002986726068194&selectedIndex=14&ajaxhist=0 [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].

- Hercules in New York (created in 1970 directed by Arthur Allen Sideman)













Harvard reference Bing.com. (2019). hercules in new york - Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=r1rR5SfU&id=B6E760B0F14B8BD858A2A47B9F96D83C4E58B68A&thid=OIP.r1rR5SfUS16QrB8mle5mvQHaKj&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.netflix.com%2fus%2fboxshots%2fghd%2f60002640.jpg&exph=405&expw=284&q=hercules+in+new+york&simid=608024775102432243&selectedIndex=12&ajaxhist=0 [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].

- I brought a vampire motorcycle (created in 1990 directed by Dirk Campbell)

Harvard reference Bing.com. (2019). i brought a vampire motercycle 1990 - Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=HBGdCukR&id=EFAA5E04F4D6938EF86B05C520F7FC0199648002&thid=OIP.HBGdCukRr_jsIr6FW_Nj0QAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fen%2fthumb%2fa%2fab%2fI_Bought_a_Vampire_Motorcycle_FilmPoster.jpeg%2f220px-I_Bought_a_Vampire_Motorcycle_FilmPoster.jpeg&exph=310&expw=220&q=i+brought+a+vampire+motercycle+1990&simid=608026428620671135&selectedIndex=2&ajaxhist=0 [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019]. 

- Mazes and monsters ( created in 1982 directed by Steven Hilliard Stern)














Harvard referencing Bing.com. (2019). mazes and monsters - Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=iEpQAkbk&id=0FB4039E454713DEE4E15CAFA7D7D6F314829135&thid=OIP.iEpQAkbk1vQLv8PFcNBHvgAAAA&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fbasementrejects.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2014%2f02%2fmazes-and-monsters-1982-tv-movie-poster-tom-hanks-review.jpg&exph=624&expw=400&q=mazes+and+monsters&simid=608021077102037841&selectedIndex=5&ajaxhist=0 [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].


Harvered reference pastemagazine.com. (2019). The 100 Best “B Movies” of All Time. [online] Available at: https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/05/the-100-best-b-movies-of-all-time.html?a=1 [Accessed 17 Jun. 2019].

Examples of cult movies:
- The rocky horror picture show (created in 1975 directed by Jim Sharman)
- Fight club (created in 1990 directed by David Fincher)
The nightmare before Christmas (created in 1993 directed by Henry Selick)
- The night of living dead (created in 1968 directed by George Romero)

Harvered reference Bing.com. (2019). the giant claw 1957 - Bing. [online] Available at: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=VpqT5eoV&id=B2631CD101924E26CE4EFDC13577CFEAAF4AEBFE&thid=OIP.VpqT5eoVnpoecNVL62F0AAHaLN&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2fkaiju.wdfiles.com%2flocal--files%2f_poster%2fgiant_claw_poster_1957_02.jpg&exph=2925&expw=1933&q=the+giant+claw+1957&simid=608010305365804631&selectedIndex=1&ajaxhist=0 [Accessed 17 Jun. 2019].

Rocky Horror Cast interviews:

Susan Sarandon (Janet):

• Sarandon had doubts about taking the role of Janet because she had a phobia of singing in fount of people
• She had very low self esteem and was very insecure making her Journey of playing Janet a little hard.
• Many girls had auditioned for the role of Janet, but didn't get the part due to the fact they weren't funny enough.
• Susan described Janet as a ingénue character ( young, naïve, innocent and wholesome).
• She decide to portray Janet as a rather bitchy character.

Harvard reference YouTube. (2019). Susan Sarandon on Rocky Horror. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2jp_HI2xLc&feature=youtu.be [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].

Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff):

• He left school at 15 and went to work/live on a farm, but he didn't take much liking to it so decided to move to London.
• He grew up in Hamilton
• He played the role of Riff Raff for 7 years
• He was fired from 'Jesus Christ superstar'
• He liked how the audience were surprised by how much they liked watching Rocky Horror
• He came up with the song 'science fiction' when he was asked to write a piece for an office party

Harvard reference YouTube. (2019). An Evening with Richard O'Brien - Part 1 of 5 - Captioned. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/omeUM1UoAk8 [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].

Patricia Quinn (Magenta):

• She almost turned it down when she found out she wasn't going to be singing Science Fiction Double Feature, but accepted when they offered to have her be 'the lips' mouthing the song.
• Magenta was her first big role, before this role she was a jobbing actress
• she turned in to a lady after she married sir Robert Stevens
• After seeing all the props and set she decided to stay even if she wasn't the voice behind science fiction

Harvered reference YouTube. (2019). Patricia Quinn Reflects On 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' | Studio 10. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/f3NdXbLZbws [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].

Meat loaf (Eddie):

• When the directors said he would have to wear fishnets and heels he walked out, and he had to be convinced that it was for comedic purposes to come back in
• He still thinks that casting someone else as Dr Scott and not him was a mistake
• They didn't think he would be able to sing all of the words in Hot Patootie 
• While filming the stunt for Hot Patootie, the stuntman had an accident, but wasn't injured and went for another take
• He still has his Eddie jacket

Harvard reference YouTube. (2019). Meat Loaf On The Rocky Horror Show - Part 1. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/VFqmLvxORzQ [Accessed 18 Jun. 2019].