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British theatre of the second half of the 20th century encompassed new writing, theatrical performances, the formation of institutions and the export of West End musicals. Divided into sections, this account of post-war British theatre should be useful to students, teachers and enthusiasts.
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Why I wrote 'British Theatre Since the War'
When I was at school in the early 1980s and beginning to discover through my own experience of acting in school productions that there existed rather more British theatre than the works of Shakespeare and Shaw, I asked my teacher if there was a guide to recent British theatre. He spoke movingly about the great shock of the first appearance of 'Look Back in Anger' and the corruscating theatre criticism of Kenneth Tynan and for several years I was happy to believe that post-war British theatre simply meant John Osborne, Angry Young Men and the Kitchen Sink. Happily, university and my own academic career have removed these blinkers and when I was asked the same question by my students at the University of Sheffield (where I am Head of Drama) I realised that my original question had actually been unanswered - there was no overview of British theatre from 1945 to the new millennium. So I set about writing a work that provided some suggested sign posts to be observed or contested. That the work has so quickly moved into paperback and been welcomed by critics as diverse as Terry Eagleton and Eric Shorter ('it's a miracle') has proved that it has at least filled a gap. And, although it does contain a substantial section on 1950s theatre, you'll also find accounts of the 40s, 60s, 70, 80s, 90s and beyond, as well.......
British theatre of the second half of the 20th century encompassed new writing, theatrical performances, the formation of institutions and the export of West End musicals. Divided into sections, this account of post-war British theatre should be useful to students, teachers and enthusiasts.
From the Author
Why I wrote 'British Theatre Since the War'
When I was at school in the early 1980s and beginning to discover through my own experience of acting in school productions that there existed rather more British theatre than the works of Shakespeare and Shaw, I asked my teacher if there was a guide to recent British theatre. He spoke movingly about the great shock of the first appearance of 'Look Back in Anger' and the corruscating theatre criticism of Kenneth Tynan and for several years I was happy to believe that post-war British theatre simply meant John Osborne, Angry Young Men and the Kitchen Sink. Happily, university and my own academic career have removed these blinkers and when I was asked the same question by my students at the University of Sheffield (where I am Head of Drama) I realised that my original question had actually been unanswered - there was no overview of British theatre from 1945 to the new millennium. So I set about writing a work that provided some suggested sign posts to be observed or contested. That the work has so quickly moved into paperback and been welcomed by critics as diverse as Terry Eagleton and Eric Shorter ('it's a miracle') has proved that it has at least filled a gap. And, although it does contain a substantial section on 1950s theatre, you'll also find accounts of the 40s, 60s, 70, 80s, 90s and beyond, as well.......
Dominic Shellard --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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