It was inspired by the defunct magazine of the same title (Encore), which had a brief but influential life from 1954 to 1965.
The magazine describes its history thus: "The life of Encore (right) was brief but furious.
It was not an ideologically-driven magazine; it was not consistent; it admired the Royal Court, Theatre Workshop, Ionesco, Arden, and Tynan, and it often attacked all of these.
According to Robert Brustein, the original magazine Encore embodied both the virtues and the failings of the movement it examined; he criticizes it for being "bursting with energy, vigor, and excitement" but being "seriously lacking in balanced judgments or penetrating ideas.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This entertainment magazine or journal–related article is a stub.