Nadine Holdsworth (University of Warwick)

Joan Littlewood's Theatre

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Produktbeschreibung

Joan Littlewood was one of the most visionary and influential theatre directors of the twentieth century. Drawing on extensive archival research and performance histories, and paying close attention to wider political and cultural forces, this study presents an examination of Littlewood's theatre productions and her community-based projects and activism.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781107532045
• ISBN-10: 1107532043
• Artikelnr.: 42581861

Autorenporträt

Nadine Holdsworth is an Associate Professor and Head of Department in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on British political theatre since the 1930s and theatre's relationship to the nation and globalization. She is the author of Theatre and Nation (2010), Joan Littlewood (2006) and co-editor, with Mary Luckhurst, of A Concise Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Drama (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

1. A peculiar history: life, love and theatre
2. The war game: politics, ethics and representation
3. Controversial classics: resisting cultural authority
4. Poetic realism: representing working-class communities
5. Popular theatrical communities: outsiders, misfits and miscreants
6. Cultural democracy and spatial encounters: the Fun Palace project
7. Spaces to play/playing with spaces: young people, play and citizenship.