The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945

Herausgeber: Harvie, Jen; Rebellato, Dan

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Produktbeschreibung

British theatre underwent a vast transformation and expansion in the decades after World War II. This Companion ranges beyond plays alone to guide students through the historical, social and political contexts that enabled and shaped such significant change.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781108421805
• ISBN-10: 1108421806
• Artikelnr.: 67485329

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Jen Harvie and Dan Rebellato; Part I. Theatre Makers: 1.
Playwrights: collectivity and collaboration Dan Rebellato; 2. Directors:
organisation, authorship and social production Tom Cornford; 3. Actors: a
history of service Aoife Monks; Part II: Theatre Sectors: 4. West end and
commercial theatre: crisis, change and continuity Rachel Clements; 5.
Subsidised theatre: strength, elitism, metropolitanism, racism Jen Harvie;
6. The fringe: the rise and fall of radical alternative theatre Dan
Rebellato and Jen Harvie; Part III. Theatre Communities: 7. Audiences:
ownership, interaction, agency Helen Freshwater; 8. Black British theatre:
blackouts and spotlights Vanessa Damilola Macaulay; 9. Queer theatre:
reclaiming histories, historicising, and hope Sarah Jane Mullan; Part IV.
Theatre and State: 10. Government, policy and censorship in post-war
British theatre Louise Owen; 11. Buildings and the political economy of
theatre financing in Britain Michael Mckinnie; 12. Regions and nations: the
myth of levelling up Trish Reid; Acknowledgments.