Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)
Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America
Ewan MacColl author Raphael Samuel author Stuart Cosgrove author Ewan MacColl editor Raphael Samuel editor Stuart Cosgrove editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:18th Aug '16
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First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist — perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment — and an emancipatory act. An introductory study relates left-wing theatre groupings to the cultural narratives of contemporary British socialism. The progress of the Workers’ Theatre Movement (1928-1935) is traced from simple realism to the most brilliant phase of its Russian and German development alongside which the parallel movements in the United States are also examined. A number of crucial texts are reprints as well as stage notes and glimpses of the dramaturgical controversies which accompanied them.
ISBN: 9781138214378
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
244 pages