British theatre between the wars, 1918–1939
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521044509
Date de publication :
29 nov. 2007
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
413 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume initiates a long overdue reassessment of mid-twentieth-century British theatre cultures. Combining the popular with the commercial, it includes accounts of the craze for thriller and detective plays and musical comedy and revue, alongside analyses of historical pageantry and the development of politicized productions of Shakespeare.