Theatre Workshop: Joan Littlewood and the Making of Modern British Theatre is the first in-depth study of perhaps BritainOs most influential twentieth-century theatre company. The book sets the companyOs aims and achievements in their social, political and theatrical contexts, and explores the elements which made its success so important.Robert Leach has provided the definitive account in this first full-length study of Theatre Workshop and the methods of its director from 1945 to 1965, Joan Littlewood. His book provides the historical and political context needed by theatre studies students (both school and university), who frequently encounter Oh What a Lovely War as part of their courses.
Contents: 1. Before Theatre Workshop: Politics and Performance, 1930-1945; Class against class; The world of the theatre; Workers' theatre; The challenge of fascism; Slow approach of war; 2. Theatre Workshop 1945-1953: Political Theatre; Days of hope; Days of disappointment; The plays of Ewan MacColl; Actor training; 3. Theatre Workshop 1953-1956; New Elizabethans; Stratford East; Matters financial; The Theatre Workshop actor; 4. Theatre Workshop 1956-1964: Popular Theatre; Never had it so good?; The royal smut hound; New plays; Joan Littlewood, director; Staging the plays; 5. After Theatre Workshop: Meanings and Legacy; The final years; Meanings; Legacies.
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