Simon Shepherd

The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together buildings, people and plays, this Introduction examines the features which characterise modern British theatre, from 1900 to today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780521690188
• ISBN-10: 0521690188
• Artikelnr.: 27083525

Autorenporträt

Simon Shepherd is Deputy Principal and Professor of Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1. Where it happens: National theatre
Buildings and their people
Against the theatre institution
Shows without theatres
2. Who does it: The organisation of actors and companies
What actors do
Directors
Writers
3. What they make: The readable tradition
Poetic drama
Realisms
Deferring to the real: theatre as document
Cruelties
Other than words
4. Why they do it: Movements and manifestos
Making good theatre
Afterword.