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Record Nr.

UNINA9910768442103321

Autore

Leach Robert

Titolo

British Socialist and Workers Theatre : Red Stages / / by Robert Leach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-25682-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages)

Disciplina

792.022

Soggetti

Theater—History

World politics

Political science

Great Britain—History

Theatre History

Political History

Political Theory

History of Britain and Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Popular Culture and the Industrial Revolution -- Chapter 2: Chartism and Drama -- Chapter 3: Clarion Calls -- Chapter 4: Marxists and Fabians -- Chapter 5: Votes for Women -- Chapter 6: Ragged Trousered Philanthropists -- Chapter 7: Their Theatre and Ours -- Chapter 8: New Way Wins -- Chapter 9: Unity -- Chapter 10: Landscape with Chimneys -- Chapter 11: Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be -- Chapter 12: Cartoons, Archetypes, Slogans, Theatre -- Chapter 13: Hopes for Great Happenings -- Chapter 14: The Bone Won’t Break -- Chapter 15: The End of the Road.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of the inception, development and achievements of British socialist and workers theatre – a feat which has not been attempted before. It explores the connections between politics and culture (specifically theatre) and between political theory and cultural (theatrical) expression. The book is organized chronologically and uncovers much in labour and theatre history which is in danger of being lost. It can also be seen as a way into different



moments in its subject’s story (e.g. post-Ibsen naturalism; agitprop theatre; ‘fringe’ theatre of the 1970s) and the relationship of such forms to specific political events and ideas at specific points in history. Robert Leach taught at Birmingham and Edinburgh Universities and was also a freelance theatre director. He has published more than a dozen books on theatre subjects, including Theatre Workshop: Joan Littlewood and the Making of Modern British Theatre and An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance both of which were shortlisted for Theatre Book of the Year.