1956 and All That - The Making of Modern British Drama

Zusatztext 'This well-written book provides an important interpretive challenge! which both postgraduates and discerning undergraduates should find useful.' - New Theatre Quarterly'[Rebellato] brilliantly records the experience of the Lord Chamberlain's office at attempts to subvert its homophobic! censorious power ' - Michael Billington! The Guardian'...very though provoking reading' - Maggie B Gale! University of Birmingham Informationen zum Autor Rebellato, Dan Klappentext The first serious challenge to the mythology that surrounds the revolution in British theatre sparked off by Osborne's play Look Back in Anger. Zusammenfassung The first serious challenge to the mythology that surrounds the revolution in British theatre sparked off by Osborne's play Look Back in Anger. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 'Why should I care?': the politics of vital theatre 2 The new Elizabethans: the docile bodies of funding 3 A writer's theatre: the professionalisation of the playwright 4 Oh for empty seats: the Royal Court and its audiences 5 Something English: the repatriation of European drama 6 Something (un)spoken: quoting, queers, and the fear of theatre 7 Sister Mary Discipline: growing up straight at the Royal Court

Product details

• Authors: Dan Rebellato
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.1999
• EAN: 9780415189392
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18939-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; The arts: general issues, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Performance Art, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, The arts: general topics