Mass theatre in inter-war Europe: flanders and the Netherlands in an international perspective (Kadoc-Artes (15)) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9058679926 ISBN 13: 9789058679925

Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2014

Synopsis

In many European countries mass theater was a widespread expression of "community art" that became increasingly popular shortly before World War I. From Max Reinhardt's lavish open-air spectacles to socialist workers' Laienspiel (lay theater), theater visionaries focused on ever larger groups for entertainment as well as political agitation. Despite wide research on the Soviet and German cases, examples from the Low Countries have hardly been examined. However, mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands had a distinctive character, displaying an ideological heterogeneity not seen elsewhere. Mass Theatre in Inter-War Europe places this peculiar phenomenon of the Low Countries in its European context and sheds light on the broader framework of mass movements in the interwar period. Contributors: Staf Vos (Het Firmament), Karel Vanhaesebrouck (Universite Libre de Bruxelles/Rits), Evelien Jonckheere (Ghent University), Ad van der Logt (Leiden University), Frank Peeters (University of Antwerp)

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Ideological heterogeneity in mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands. In many European countries mass theatre was a widespread expression of ‘community art’ which became increasingly popular shortly before the First World War. From Max Reinhardt’s lavish open-air spectacles to socialist workers’ Laienspiel (lay theatre), theatre visionaries focused on ever larger groups for entertainment as well as political agitation. Despite wide research on the Soviet and German cases, examples from the Low Countries have hardly been examined. However, mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands had a distinctive character, displaying an ideological heterogeneity not seen elsewhere. Mass Theatre in Inter-War Europe studies this peculiar phenomenon of the Low Countries in its European context and sheds light on the broader framework of mass movements in the inter-war period.

About the Author:

Thomas Crombez is affiliated Researcher at the University of Antwerp and teaches Philosophy of Art and Theatre History at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and Philosophy at Sint Lucas Antwerpen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9058679926
• ISBN 13: 9789058679925
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Crombez Thomas, Van Den Dries Luc