Theatre in the Chocolate Factory - Performance At Cadbury''s Bournville, 1900-1935

"A symbol of Britain's industrial heyday, Cadbury's offered recreational and educational schemes that included an astonishing amount of theatre. Focusing on the staff and performances central to the tale, Catherine Hindson situates theatre at the heart of understanding Cadbury's operation and the wider industrial histories it represents"--

List of contents

Part I. Factory Theatre: 1. Staging Bournville's spirit: Cadbury's industrial performances; 2. Theatre in the Bournville factory: performance at work; Part II. Theatre in the Factory Garden; 3. Marketing fresh air: outdoor performance at Bournville's factory in the garden; 4. Serious play: John Drinkwater's masques at Bournville; Part III. Theatre, Education, and Worker Wellbeing: 5. Keeping on the right lines: making theatre in Bournville's recreational societies; 6. Dramatic methods of teaching: theatre and education at Bournville.

About the author

Catherine Hindson is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her research focuses on how theatre helps us understand societies past, and incorporates topics including celebrity, heritage, ghosts, and well-being. She has previously published two books, Female Performance Practices on the fin-de-siècle stages of London and Paris (2007) and London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Culture, 1880–1920 (2016), the latter of which was shortlisted for the Society for Theatre Research's Book Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Hindson, Catherine (University of Bristol) Hindson, Hindson Catherine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781009271882
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0927188-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; History, English, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Sales & Selling / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theatre Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Sales & marketing, Sales and marketing, For higher / tertiary / university education