Theatre of Conscience 1939-53: A Study of Four Touring British Community Theatres Contributor(s): Billingham, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415866170 ISBN-13: 9780415866170 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - Stagecraft & Scenography - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 792.022 |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.58 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Theatres of Conscience offers an invaluable and essential insight into four touring British theatre companies whose work and contributions to post-war British theatre have largely gone unnoticed. Combining a rigorous scholarly evaluation of their work and their broadly ideological and ethical contribution to wider post-war developments in British theatre. Peter Billingham offers the reader a unique insight into four companies which, motivated by enthusiasm, principles and creative innovation, sought to take the theatre of conscience to theatre-less communities in wartime Britain and during the following decade. Contemporaries of - amongst others - Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, the Pilgrim Players, the Adelphi Players, the Compass Players and the Century Theatre represent a significant but rather overlooked phase in the development of twentieth-century British theatre. |