Timothy West — British Actor born on October 20, 1934,

Timothy Lancaster West,CBE is an English film, stage and television actor... (wikipedia)

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.
Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.
A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves.
When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a sort of cosy phrase that got used a bit too much.
I don't believe in right-angled turning points.