Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945 (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Harvie, Jen (Queen Mary University of London); Rebellato, Dan (Royal Holloway

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

British theatre underwent a vast transformation and expansion in the decades after World War II. This Companion explores the historical, political, and social contexts and conditions that not only allowed it to expand but, crucially, shaped it. Resisting a critical tendency to focus on plays alone, the collection expands understanding of British theatre by illuminating contexts such as funding, unionisation, devolution, immigration, and changes to legislation. Divided into four parts, it guides readers through changing attitudes to theatre-making (acting, directing, writing), theatre sectors (West End, subsidised, Fringe), theatre communities (audiences, Black theatre, queer theatre), and theatre's relationship to the state (government, infrastructure, nationhood). Supplemented by a valuable Chronology and Guide to Further Reading, it presents up-to-date approaches informed by critical race theory, queer studies, audience studies, and archival research to demonstrate important new ways of conceptualising post-war British theatre's history, practices and potential futures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2024
• ISBN-13: 9781108389891
• Artikelnr.: 70912903

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.