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Title
British socialist and workers theatre / Robert Leach.
ISBN
9783031256820 (electronic bk.)
3031256824 (electronic bk.)
3031256816
9783031256813
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 248 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-25682-0 doi
Call Number
PN3307.G7
Dewey Decimal Classification
792.02/2
Summary
This book provides an overview of the inception, development and achievements of British socialist and workers theatre a feat which has not been attempted before. It explores the connections between politics and culture (specifically theatre) and between political theory and cultural (theatrical) expression. The book is organized chronologically and uncovers much in labour and theatre history which is in danger of being lost. It can also be seen as a way into different moments in its subjects story (e.g. post-Ibsen naturalism; agitprop theatre; fringe theatre of the 1970s) and the relationship of such forms to specific political events and ideas at specific points in history. Robert Leach taught at Birmingham and Edinburgh Universities and was also a freelance theatre director. He has published more than a dozen books on theatre subjects, including Theatre Workshop: Joan Littlewood and the Making of Modern British Theatre and An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance both of which were shortlisted for Theatre Book of the Year.
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Includes index.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Popular Culture and the Industrial Revolution
Chapter 2: Chartism and Drama
Chapter 3: Clarion Calls
Chapter 4: Marxists and Fabians
Chapter 5: Votes for Women
Chapter 6: Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Chapter 7: Their Theatre and Ours
Chapter 8: New Way Wins
Chapter 9: Unity
Chapter 10: Landscape with Chimneys
Chapter 11: Fings Aint Wot They Used TBe
Chapter 12: Cartoons, Archetypes, Slogans, Theatre
Chapter 13: Hopes for Great Happenings
Chapter 14: The Bone Wont Break
Chapter 15: The End of the Road.
