Theatre of Conscience 1939-53 : A Study of Four Touring British Community Theatres

BILLINGHAM, PETER (EDT)

Routledge（2014/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415866170
• DDC分類 792.094109044

Full Description

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.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Pilgrim Players; Chapter 3 The Adelphi Players and Adelphi Guild Theatre; Chapter 4 The Compass Players; Chapter 5 The Century Theatre; Chapter 6 Conclusion;