02802nam 2200481 450 991079763300332120170918163151.01-4422-5735-0(CKB)3710000000485871(EBL)4086061(SSID)ssj0001556284(PQKBManifestationID)16182010(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001556284(PQKBWorkID)14568617(PQKB)11224137(MiAaPQ)EBC4086061(EXLCZ)99371000000048587120150715h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheatre of the people Donald Wolfit's Shakespearean productions, 1937-1953 /Laurence RawLanham :Rowman & Littlefield,[2016]©20161 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-5734-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.TheaterEnglandHistory20th centuryTheaterHistory792.9/50941Raw Laurence1484137MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797633003321Theatre of the people3823724UNINA