British Theatre Since the War

Shellard, Dominic

ISBN 10: 0300076843 / ISBN 13: 9780300076844

Published by Yale University Press, 1999

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # wbs3164703822

Synopsis:

British theatre of the second half of the 20th century encompassed new writing, theatrical performances, the formation of institutions and the export of West End musicals. Divided into sections, this account of post-war British theatre should be useful to students, teachers and enthusiasts.

From the Author: Why I wrote 'British Theatre Since the War'
When I was at school in the early 1980s and beginning to discover through my own experience of acting in school productions that there existed rather more British theatre than the works of Shakespeare and Shaw, I asked my teacher if there was a guide to recent British theatre. He spoke movingly about the great shock of the first appearance of 'Look Back in Anger' and the corruscating theatre criticism of Kenneth Tynan and for several years I was happy to believe that post-war British theatre simply meant John Osborne, Angry Young Men and the Kitchen Sink. Happily, university and my own academic career have removed these blinkers and when I was asked the same question by my students at the University of Sheffield (where I am Head of Drama) I realised that my original question had actually been unanswered - there was no overview of British theatre from 1945 to the new millennium. So I set about writing a work that provided some suggested sign posts to be observed or contested. That the work has so quickly moved into paperback and been welcomed by critics as diverse as Terry Eagleton and Eric Shorter ('it's a miracle') has proved that it has at least filled a gap. And, although it does contain a substantial section on 1950s theatre, you'll also find accounts of the 40s, 60s, 70, 80s, 90s and beyond, as well.......

Dominic Shellard

Bibliographic Details

Title: British Theatre Since the War
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good