1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797633003321

Autore

Raw Laurence

Titolo

Theatre of the people : Donald Wolfit's Shakespearean productions, 1937-1953 / / Laurence Raw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-5735-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

792.9/50941

Soggetti

Theater - England - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface: a personal search for theatre of the people -- Acknowledgments -- The actor-manager's temperament -- Hamlet at the Malvern Festival Theatre, October 1937 -- Selections from Shakespeare at the Strand Theatre, 1940-41 -- Richard III at St. Francis Theatre, Letchworth, September 1941 -- A midsummer night's dream at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, September 1942 -- The merchant of Venice at the Opera House, Manchester, October 1943 -- King Lear at the Scala Theatre, London, April 1944 -- Twelfth night at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, October 1945 -- Othello at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 1946 -- As you like it at His Majesty's Theatre, Montreal, January, March 1947 -- The Merry wives of Windsor at the Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, March 1949 -- Macbeth at the Dudley Hippodrome, October 1950 -- The taming of the shrew at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, April 1953 -- The legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at how performances of Shakespeare in the Second World War (and post-war years) not only commented on the strife happening outside the theatre, but drew audiences together in a shared sense of community as a way of resisting the enemy. This examination is through the lens of one particular theatre actor/manager, Donald Wolfit, whose productions were extremely popular at the time. Wolfit was the model for "Sir" in Ronald Harwood's play The Dresser and is remembered fondly by British audiences.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996417593103316

Titolo

Today's farmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : MFA, Inc

Columbia, Missouri : , : MFA, Inc., , 1983

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

338.109778021

Soggetti

Agriculture - Missouri

Agriculture

Manners and customs

Periodicals.

Missouri Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico