The Cambridge companion to British theatre since 1945
"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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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, New Delhi, Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge companions to theatre and performance
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- Playwrights : collectivity and collaboration / Dan Rebellato -- Directors : organisation, authorship, and social production / Tom Cornford -- Actors : a history of service / Aoife Monks -- West End and commercial theatre : crisis, change, and continuity / Rachel Clements -- Subsidised theatre : strength, elitism, metropolitanism, racism / Jen Harvie -- The fringe : the rise and fall of radical alternative theatre / Dan Rebellato with Jen Harvie -- Audiences : ownership, interaction, agency / Helen Freshwater -- Black British theatre : blackouts and spotlights / Vanessa Damilola Macaulay -- Queer theatre : reclaiming histories, historicising, and hope / Sarah Jane Mullan -- Government, policy and censorship in post-war British theatre / Louise Owen -- Buildings and the political economy of theatre financing in Britain / Michael McKinnie -- Regions and nations : the myth of levelling up / Trish Reid. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 264-273 |
| Beschreibung: | xl, 283 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781108432382 978-1-108-43238-2 9781108421805 978-1-108-42180-5 |