British Theatre between the Wars, 1918–1939 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) - Hardcover

 
9780521624077: British Theatre between the Wars, 1918–1939 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 052162407X ISBN 13: 9780521624077
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

This volume reveals a theater culture more complex and contradictory than previous histories have allowed for. 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. It initiates a long overdue reassessment of mid-twentieth century British theater cultures. The book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as well as scholars interested in twentieth-century British theater.

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About the Authors

Clive Barker has had a long career combining practical work and academic teaching. His ideas on actor training were published as Theatre Games in 1977. He is co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly published by Cambridge University Press.

Maggie B. Gale is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of West End Women; women on the London stage 1918-1962 (1996) and joint editor with Viv Gardner of Women, Theatre and Performance: New Histories, New Historiographies (2000).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
052162407X
ISBN 13 
9780521624077
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
272
Editor
Barker Clive, Gale Maggie B.