The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Volume 3Jane Milling, Peter Thomson, Baz Kershaw, Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.) This volume explores the rich and complex histories of English, Scottish and Welsh theatres in the "long" twentieth century since 1895. Twenty-three original essays by leading historians and critics investigate the major aspects of theatrical performance, ranging from the great actor-managers to humble seaside entertainers, from between-wars West End women playwrights to the roots of professional theatre in Wales and Scotland, and from the challenges of alternative theatres to the economics of theatre under Thatcher. Detailed surveys of key theatre practices and traditions across this whole period are combined with case studies of influential productions, critical years placed in historical perspective and evaluations of theatre at the turn of the millennium. The collection presents an exciting evolution in the scholarly study of modern British theatre history, skilfully demonstrating how performance variously became a critical litmus test of the great aesthetic, cultural, social, political and economic upheavals in the age of extremes. |
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Contents
art entertainment audiences | 3 |
The London stage 18951918 | 35 |
touring and early repertory theatre | 60 |
4 Popular theatre 18951940 | 87 |
Cicely Hamiltons Diana of Dobsons 1908 | 110 |
1926 | 133 |
Social commitment and aesthetic experiment 18951946 | 167 |
part ii | 193 |
14 The establishment of mainstream theatre 19461979 | 326 |
15 Alternative theatres 19462000 | 351 |
Developments in the profession of theatre 19462000 | 377 |
Theatre Workshops Oh What a Lovely War 1963 | 397 |
British theatre and commerce 19792000 | 426 |
decentralisation innovation | 448 |
Theatre in Scotland in the 1990s and beyond | 470 |
Theatre in Wales in the 1990s and beyond | 485 |
Ena Lamont Stewarts Men Should Weep 1947 | 228 |
Welsh theatres | 242 |
refashioning a myth performances of the tale | 273 |
an introduction | 291 |
English theatre in the 1990s and beyond | 498 |
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The Cambridge History of British Theatre Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.),Baz Kershaw No preview available - 2015 |
The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Volume 3 Jane Milling,Peter Thomson,Baz Kershaw,Joseph Walter Donohue (Jr.) No preview available - 2004 |
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