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      • Volume 3: Since 1895
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      28 March 2008
      09 December 2004
      ISBN:
      9781139054072
      9780521651325
      9781107497092
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521651325
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.193kg, 598 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.95kg, 598 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, British Theatre, English Literature: General Interest, History, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, Music: General Interest
      Series:
      The Cambridge History of British Theatre
      Collection:
      Cambridge Histories - Music
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    Subjects:
    Literature, British Theatre, English Literature: General Interest, History, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies, Music: General Interest
    Series:
    The Cambridge History of British Theatre
    Collection:
    Cambridge Histories - Music
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    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.

    Reviews

    '… a set that will stand as the most valuable resource on British theater for some time to come. Essential.'

    Source: Choice

    '… exceptional … destined to prove one of the most erudite, and yet accessible, resources for theatre scholars and students as well as serious theatre practitioners … must be hailed as perhaps the most carefully compiled and comprehensively covered history ever attempted … I know of no library that has any other theatre history (focusing exclusively on British Theatre) on its shelves to challenge this great new work's pole position in the theatre reference stakes … All in all a great work.'

    Source: Amateur Stage

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