British Theatre and Performance 1900–1950 PDF
353 Pages·2015·3.35 MB·English
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Long derided as conservative and mainly middlebrow, British theatre from 1900 to 1950 is now undergoing reevaluation and plays from that period are setting theatres alight and gaining critical acclaim once again. This book explains why and presents a comprehensive survey of the theatre and how it shaped the work that followed. For anyone studying twentieth-century British Drama this will prove one of the foundational texts.The author examines how old distinctions between middle-brow, middle class and the working class, ‘angry’ drama that gained favour in the later 1950s led to the neglect of much of the earlier drama and explains the causes for the shift in recent years. In a comprehensive survey of the period, the book considers the Edwardian theatre; the theatre of the First World War, including propaganda and musicals; the interwar years and the rise of commercial theatre and influence of Modernism; and the theatre of the Second World War and post-war period. It shows the variety of theatrical experience during the period, the links between text and context, provides an understanding of the developments in theatre and staging, and the effects of the war and its relevance to today.Essays from a number of other scholars provide further critical perspectives to equip the reader with an in-depth understanding of the theatre from this time and its connections to our own.
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