Theatre of Conscience 1939-53

Theatre of Conscience 1939-53
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 184
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ISBN-10 : 9781136465574
ISBN-13 : 113646557X
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Book Synopsis Theatre of Conscience 1939-53 by : Peter Billingham

Download or read book Theatre of Conscience 1939-53 written by Peter Billingham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatres of Conscience offers an invaluable and essential insight into four touring British theatre companies whose work and contributions to post-war British theatre have largely gone unnoticed. Combining a rigorous scholarly evaluation of their work and their broadly ideological and ethical contribution to wider post-war developments in British theatre. Peter Billingham offers the reader a unique insight into four companies which, motivated by enthusiasm, principles and creative innovation, sought to take the theatre of conscience to theatre-less communities in wartime Britain and during the following decade. Contemporaries of - amongst others - Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, the Pilgrim Players, the Adelphi Players, the Compass Players and the Century Theatre represent a significant but rather overlooked phase in the development of twentieth-century British theatre.


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