LEADER 03080nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910782441303321 005 20230721004011.0 010 $a9786612035128 010 $a1-84150-266-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579224 035 $a(EBL)407918 035 $a(OCoLC)476226658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114841 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11117263 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114841 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10125357 035 $a(PQKB)11613843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC407918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL407918 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10268617 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203512 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579224 100 $a20080421d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBringing down the house$b[electronic resource] $ethe crisis in Britain's regional theatres /$fOlivia Turnbull 210 $aBristol, UK ;$aChicago, USA $cIntellect$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (242 p.) 225 1 $aChanging Media, Changing Europe 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84150-208-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index. 327 $aFront 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 Theatre 327 $aPart Four: The LegacyChapter 11 Tony's Council: artful or armless?; References; Index; Back Matter 330 $aBetween 1979 and 1997 over a quarter of Britain's regional theatres closed down. Those that survived found themselves constantly on the brink, forced to reduce their programmes radically and to go dark for extended periods of time. Bringing Down the House delves into how and why this crisis occurred, and examines the long-term effects on Britain's theatre industry by revealing problems that extend beyond the Conservative government's scant regard for the arts, right back to the Second World War. By probing the history of regional theatres from the introduction of state funding, Turnbull uneart 410 0$aChanging Media, Changing Europe 606 $aTheater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$xPolitical aspects$zGreat Britain 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xPolitical aspects 676 $a792.094109049 700 $aTurnbull$b Olivia$01502321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782441303321 996 $aBringing down the house$93730000 997 $aUNINA