| Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985): Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America Contributor(s): Samuel, Raphael (Editor), MacColl, Ewan (Editor), Cosgrove, Stuart (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138214469 ISBN-13: 9781138214460 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - German - History - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Series: Routledge Revivals: History Workshop |
| Physical Information: 390 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist -- perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment -- and an emancipatory act. An introductory study relates left-wing theatre groupings to the cultural narratives of contemporary British socialism. The progress of the Workers' Theatre Movement (1928-1935) is traced from simple realism to the most brilliant phase of its Russian and German development alongside which the parallel movements in the United States are also examined. A number of crucial texts are reprints as well as stage notes and glimpses of the dramaturgical controversies which accompanied them. |