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UNINA9910820122503321 |
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Autore |
Williams Gordon <1935-> |
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Titolo |
British theatre in the Great War [[electronic resource] ] : a revaluation / / Gordon Williams |
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New York, : Continuum, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-29840-9 |
9786611298401 |
1-84714-128-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Theater - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Performing arts - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
World War, 1914-1918 - Theater and the war |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-342) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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British Theatre in the Great War deals with a theatrical phase customarily dismissed by those charting twentieth-century developments. What becomes clear is that assessment by unsuitable literary criteria has masked the importance of the war years in Britain |
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