Alistair Fair

Modern Playhouses

An Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945 - 1985

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Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed study of the major programme of theatre-building in Britain between the 1950s and the 1980s, Modern Playhouses draws on a vast range of archival material to present the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance but also to culture, citizenship, and the modern city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780198807476
• ISBN-10: 0198807473
• Artikelnr.: 49780779

Autorenporträt

Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. He is a specialist in the history of British architecture since 1945, with a particular interest in public and institutional buildings.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: 'The Pattern is Now Quite Different'
* 1: 'An Instrument of Policy and Something Socially Desirable': Public
Funding and Theatre
* 2: 'Housing the Arts': Funding Capital Projects
* 3: Towards a New Theatre Architecture, 1945-1960
* 4: 'The Second Positive Stage': Modern Public Buildings, c.1958-1971
* 5: 'A New Image of the Town Centre': Theatres, Civic Pride, and
Urbanity
* 6: 'The Modern Concept of a Community Theatre': The Social Centre
* 7: 'At the End of a Boom'? Frugality and Contextualism, c.1968-1985
* 8: 'Theatre of the Future': Rethinking the Auditorium
* 9: 'The Most Revolutionary Thing?' Modern Proscenium-arch and
End-stage Auditoria
* 10: Escaping From Boarded Concrete and Modern Finishes'?
Impermanency, Mobility, Rehabilitation - And Emulation
* Conclusions: 'Out Of Its Sick Bed'