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

Clive Barker (Editor), Maggie B. Gale (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 19, 2001 | ISBN-10: 052162407X | ISBN-13: 978-0521624077

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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"[The book] has an infectious enthusiasm for its subject and makes you want to read the plays discussed." Theater Journal

"Well-written chapters convincingly illuminate the volume's central thesis...this is a valuable volume that will serve both as an introduction for students of 20th-century theater and as a useful resource for the serious scholar." CHOICE

"Admirable...This is a work that will stimulate debate and further research." New Theatre Quarterly

Book Description

This volume reveals a theatre 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 politicised productions of Shakespeare. It initiates a long overdue reassessment of mid-twentieth century British theatre cultures. The book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as well as scholars interested in twentieth-century British theatre.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 052162407X
• ISBN-13: 978-0521624077
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,515,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)