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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450789103321

Autore

Chambers Colin

Titolo

Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company : creativity and the institution / / Colin Chambers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-415-64857-2

1-134-61632-5

1-280-01967-0

0-203-48868-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

792/.0942

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. A short history of four decades ; 1. All in a state of finding ; 2. In the market place of now ; 3. The age of expansion ; 4. Barbican bound ; 5. Crisis and modernisation -- pt. 2. Staying alive ; 6. Beyond the Bard ; 7. Shots in the dark ; 8. Public account ; 9. Company or corporation?.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the inside story of the Royal Shakespeare Company - a running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, as related by a writer who is uniquely placed to tell the tale. It describes what happened to a radical theatrical vision and explores British society's inability to sustain that vision. Spanning four decades and four artistic directors, Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company is a multi-layered chronicle that traces the company's history, offers investigation into its working methods, its repertoire, its people and its politics, and