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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959925203321

Autore

Roberts Philip <1942->

Titolo

The Royal Court Theatre and the modern stage / / Philip Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, NY, : Cambridge University Press, 1999

ISBN

9780511092701

0511092709

9781107112629

1107112621

9781280151880

1280151889

9780511486074

0511486073

9780511149894

0511149891

9780511309908

0511309902

9780511116186

0511116187

9780511053115

0511053118

9780521474382

0521474388

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 291 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in modern theatre

Disciplina

792/.09421

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Max Stafford-Clark -- Introduction: abortive schemes, 1951-1954 -- ; 1. Coincidences, 1954-1956 -- ; 2. The struggle for control, 1956-1960 -- ; 3. Conflict and competition, 1961-1965 -- ; 4. A socialist theatre, 1965-1969 -- ; 5. A humanist theatre, 1969-1975 -- ; 6. Changing places, 1975-1979 -- ; 7. Theatre in a cold



climate, 1980-1986 -- ; 8. Holding on, 1987-1993.

Sommario/riassunto

The Royal Court Theatre is one of the primary forums in the development of post-war drama. Under the title of the English Stage Company the theatre's house actors and dramatists commissioned and produced some of the most influential plays in modern theatre history, including the works of Brenton, Churchill, Bond and Osborne. The story of the Royal Court is also the history of the contemporary stage. In this absorbing account of the theatre's history from 1956 to 1998, first published in 1999, Philip Roberts draws on previously unpublished archives in both public and private collections and a series of interviews with people prominent in the Court's life. The book also includes a Foreword by the former Director of the Royal Court,  Max Stafford-Clark. The result is an intimate account of the working of the foremost house of modern drama and its relationships to the world of the theatre in Britain and abroad.