John Elsom

Post-War British Theatre (Routledge Revivals)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the Second World War, we have witnessed exciting, often confusing developments in the British theatre. This book, first published in 1976, presents an enlightening, objective history of the many facets of post-war British theatre and a fresh interpretation of theatre itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781138839618
• ISBN-10: 1138839612
• Artikelnr.: 57044541

Autorenporträt

John Elsom

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Language and money 2. Actors, stars and changing styles 3.
Well-made plays? 4. The search for self 5. Breaking out: the angry plays 6.
How the West End was (nearly) won: the playwrights of the early 1960s 7.
Brecht: cool ambiguity 8. The Arts Council and its influence 9. Fringe
alternatives 10. National aspirations 11. Many roads, few maps 12. Climate
and language; Index