03080nam 2200589Ia 450 991078244130332120230721004011.097866120351281-84150-266-9(CKB)1000000000579224(EBL)407918(OCoLC)476226658(SSID)ssj0000114841(PQKBManifestationID)11117263(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114841(PQKBWorkID)10125357(PQKB)11613843(MiAaPQ)EBC407918(Au-PeEL)EBL407918(CaPaEBR)ebr10268617(CaONFJC)MIL203512(EXLCZ)99100000000057922420080421d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBringing down the house[electronic resource] the crisis in Britain's regional theatres /Olivia TurnbullBristol, UK ;Chicago, USA Intellect20081 online resource (242 p.)Changing Media, Changing EuropeDescription based upon print version of record.1-84150-208-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index.Front Matter; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Build-up; Chapter 1 The Unsteady Foundations and the Post-war Cultural Unsettlement; Chapter 2 Plural Funding, Multiple Problems; Part Two: The Crisis; Chapter 3 Thatcher Gets Down to Business; Chapter 4 Major Dramas; Part Three: Casualties and Survivors; Chapter 5 Salisbury Playhouse; Chapter 6 Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead; Chapter 7 Redgrave Theatre, Farnham; Chapter 8 Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Chapter 9 Merseyside Everyman Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse; Chapter 10 Harrogate TheatrePart Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back MatterBetween 1979 and 1997 over a quarter of Britain's regional theatres closed down. Those that survived found themselves constantly on the brink, forced to reduce their programmes radically and to go dark for extended periods of time. Bringing Down the House delves into how and why this crisis occurred, and examines the long-term effects on Britain's theatre industry by revealing problems that extend beyond the Conservative government's scant regard for the arts, right back to the Second World War. By probing the history of regional theatres from the introduction of state funding, Turnbull uneartChanging Media, Changing EuropeTheaterGreat BritainHistory20th centuryTheaterPolitical aspectsGreat BritainTheaterHistoryTheaterPolitical aspects792.094109049Turnbull Olivia1502321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782441303321Bringing down the house3730000UNINA