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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance: Volume Two - From the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Age book cover

1st Edition

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance Volume Two - From the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Age

By Robert Leach Copyright 2019
874 Pages
by Routledge

874 Pages
by Routledge

874 Pages
by Routledge
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An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance chronicles the history and development of theatre from the Roman era to the present day. As the most public of arts, theatre constantly interacted with changing social, political and intellectual movements and ideas, and Robert Leach’s masterful work restores to the foreground of this evolution the contributions of women, gay people and... Read more

List of Illustrations



Publishers’ Acknowledgements



Preface





Part One : Theatre and the Industrial Revolution





Interlude : Punch and Judy





Part Two : Romantic Theatre





Interlude : Toy Theatres





Part Three : Modernist Theatre





Interlude : The Art of Edward Gordon Craig’s Theatre





Part Four : Commercial Theatre





Interlude : Shakespeare Wallahs





Part Five : Popular Theatres





Interlude : Mumming Plays





Part Six : Subsidised Theatre





Interlude : Peter Brook and the Empty Space





Part Seven : Postdramatic Theatre





Epilogue : Digital Theatre





Glossary





Index

Biography

Robert Leach has been school teacher, political activist, teacher of acting, freelance theatre director and academic. Not only has he taught at Birmingham, Edinburgh and Cumbria universities, he has also acted professionally in Britain and the USA, directed plays in Russia and Britain, and published five volumes of poetry.

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