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Theatres of conscience 1939-53 : a study of four touring British community theatres
- Title
- Theatres of conscience 1939-53 : a study of four touring British community theatres / Peter Billingham.
- Author
- Billingham, Peter, 1953-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 163 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Routledge Harwood contemporary theatre studies ; 41
- Uniform Title
- Routledge Harwood contemporary theatre studies ; 41.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Pilgrim Players -- 3. The Adelphi Players and Adelphi Guild Theatre -- 4. The Compass Players -- 5. The Century Theatre -- 6. Conclusion -- App. A. List of Company Contributors from the Pilgrim, Adelphi and Compass Players and the Century Theatre -- App. B. Cecil Davies, the Daily Express, and Conscientious Objectors -- App. C. The Second Company of the Adelphi Players' Summary Syllabus for Work in Schools, Summer 1946 -- App. D. The Century Theatre's Venues and Repertoire, 1952-7.
- ISBN
- 0415270286
- 9780415270281
- LCCN
- 2001048573
- OCLC
- ocm48033123
- 48033123
- SCSB-1212210
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library