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Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance Ser.: Cambridge Companion to British Theatre Since 1945 by Dan Rebellato (2024, Hardcover)
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Cambridge Companion to British Theatre Since 1945, Hardcover by Harvie, Jen (EDT); Rebellato, Dan (EDT), ISBN 1108421806, ISBN-13 9781108421805, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108421806
ISBN-139781108421805
eBay Product ID (ePID)10058633368
Product Key Features
Number of Pages319 Pages
Publication NameCambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorDan Rebellato
Subject AreaDrama
SeriesCambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2023-005686
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'Harvie and Rebellato's comprehensive assessment of postwar British theatre is highly readable and superbly researched. This is an essential tool for students, scholars, and artists interested in understanding the 'offstage' stories shaping British postwar performance.' Kim Solga, University of Western Ontario, 'This is a valuable Companion to the contexts of British theatre, ranging from considerations of labour, through matters economic and civic, to theatre's relations with the State. Contributors to the volume commendably criss-cross seventy five years of British theatre. Doing so, they excavate past connections to present, persistent and pressing questions of equality, diversity, and inclusivity. A welcome addition to studies that renews our understanding of how material conditions contour theatre's (still unequal) landscape.' Elaine Aston, Lancaster University
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Dewey Decimal792.094109045
Table Of ContentIntroduction: 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.
SynopsisBritish 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberPN2595.C36 2021
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