Editing Spielplatz (section)

== History ==
Spielplatz was founded in 1929 by Charles Macaskie and his wife Dorothy. They moved from London into a tent on an area of virgin woodland they purchased near Bricket Wood. They called their [[utopian]] camp the ''Green Monastery'' and a ''Play Place'' (Spielplatz).

They were joined by other couples and individuals on weekends. Among their visitors until 1947 was [[Ross Nichols]], founder of the [[Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids]]. In turn he attracted both fellow [[Druids]] and [[Gerald Gardner]], who later established his first coven at Bricket Wood in his development of [[Wicca]] as a modern religion.

It was at Spielplatz that Ross Nichols first met Gerald Gardner.<ref name="Carr-Gomm2011">{{cite book|last=Carr-Gomm|first=Philip |authorlink=Philip Carr-Gomm|title=Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktljGE0ceJkC&pg=PA160|year=2011|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4464-4589-1|page=160}}</ref>
Spielplatz has featured in TV and films such as ''[[Naked as Nature Intended]]'' (1961) starring club member [[Pamela Green]], ''Nudist Memories'' (1959)  and  ''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]'' (2006).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bn.org.uk/news/information/about-naturism/history-of-naturism/a-history-of-naturism-timeline-r28/|title=A History of Naturism - Timeline|website=British Naturism|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>

In 1956, The Naturist Ltd. published ''Nudist Life at Spielplatz'', "The Story of a Modern Experiment in the Art of Living" by Charles Sennet, with a supplement of photographs by [[Stephen Glass (photographer)|Stephen Glass]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nudist Life at Spielplatz |url=https://pamela-green.com/nudist-life-at-spielplatz/ |website=Pamela Green |date=24 July 2015 }}</ref> 

In 1957 the documentary series ''[[Out of Step (television programme)|Out of Step]]'' on ITV, the investigative reporter [[Dan Farson]] visited Spielplatz Naturist Club in Bricket Wood and interviewed Charles Macaskie, Mrs. Macaskie, and their daughter Iseult.<ref>{{cite web|title=Out of Step (1957) – Spielplatz|url=http://pamela-green.com/out-of-step-1957-spileplatz|website=Pamela Green|date=24 May 2015}}</ref> It is claimed the programme was the first showing of a naked woman on British television.