Brit Theatre between Wars 1918-1939 - Brossura

Barker, Clive

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521044502 ISBN 13: 9780521044509

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Histories of British theatre between 1918 and 1939 have tended to marginalize the commercial and mainstream in favour of the literary or the politically motivated. This volume brings together a collection of essays that reflect both a far more complex theatre world than this strategy has allowed for, and scholarship on mainstream and alternative theatres in the 1920s and 1930s. Combining the popular with the commercial, the book includes accounts of the craze for thriller and detective plays and musical comedy and revue, alongside analyses of historical pageantry and the development of politicized productions of Shakespeare. With assessments of the representation of gender and sexuality in the theatre, this volume not only unveils hitherto neglected theatre practices but also places them in the context of a society undergoing rapid social and cultural change. It will appeal to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates and scholars interested in twentieth-century British theatre.

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Recensione:

'... an excellent, assured, and suggestive collection of essays.' Contemporary Theatre Review

'This anthology offers a diversity of approaches to the rich mix of the period's theatre making. I feel certain that it will, in addition, inspire readers to pull some hitherto neglected plays from their bookshelves and rediscover the richness of British drama between the wars.' Theatre Research International

'... excellent collection ... Each chapter offers an admirable overview supported by extracts from contemporary writings, either critical or dramatic, familiar or lost in time. The result is a vivid account not only of the drama on stage, but of the perceptions and preoccupations of the audience for which these dramas were written.' Modern Language Review

Descrizione del libro:

This volume initiates a long overdue reassessment of mid-twentieth-century British theatre cultures. Combining the popular with the commercial, it includes accounts of the craze for thriller and detective plays and musical comedy and revue, alongside analyses of historical pageantry and the development of politicized productions of Shakespeare.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521044502
• ISBN 13: 9780521044509
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272