LEADER 02802nam 2200481 450 001 9910806214303321 005 20170918163151.0 010 $a1-4422-5735-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000485871 035 $a(EBL)4086061 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001556284 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16182010 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001556284 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14568617 035 $a(PQKB)11224137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4086061 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000485871 100 $a20150715h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheatre of the people $eDonald Wolfit's Shakespearean productions, 1937-1953 /$fLaurence Raw 210 1$aLanham :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-5734-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface: 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aTheater$zEngland$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a792.9/50941 700 $aRaw$b Laurence$01633228 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806214303321 996 $aTheatre of the people$94107337 997 $aUNINA