The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance

Volume One: 1900-1950
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-48789-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: Routledge Companions

The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance provides a broad range of perspectives on the multiple models and examples of theatre, artists, enthusiasts, enablers, and audiences that emerged over this formative 100-year period.

This first volume covers the first half of the century, constructing an equitable and inclusive history that is more representative of the nation's lived experience than the traditional narratives of British theatre. Its approach is intra-national – weaving together the theatres and communities of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The essays are organised thematically arranged into sections that address nation, power, and identity; fixity and mobility; bodies in performance; the materiality of theatre and communities of theatre. This approach highlights the synergies, convergences, and divergences of the theatre landscape in Britain during this period, giving a sense of the sheer variety of performance that was taking place at any given moment in time.

This is a fascinating and indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, postgraduate researchers, and scholars across theatre and performance studies, cultural studies, and twentieth-century history.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cochrane, Claire

Goddard, Lynette

Hindson, Catherine

Reid, Trish

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors

Acknowledgements



Introduction

Claire Cochrane, Lynette Goddard, Catherine Hindson and Trish Reid



1 Setting the Scene: Ambivalent Encounters/Visibilities

David Linton



PART I

Nation/s, Power and Identity



2 The Theatre and the State, 1900–1950

Trevor R. Griffiths



3 Irish National Drama and the British Theatre, 1897–1951

Patrick Lonergan



4 Theatre, Education and Recreation

Jane Milling



5 “National” Theatres

Anselm Heinrich



6 Collective Laughter and Political Empowerment in the Comedies of the Suffrage Era

Eleanor Stewart



PART II

Fixity and Mobility



7 Theatre Buildings, 1900–1950

Alistair Fair



8 Miles from London: Edinburgh and Bristol’s West End Cultures

Catherine Hindson



9 Popular Places

Nick Havergal



10 Transatlantic Exchanges

Paul Maloney



11 Theatre in World War Two: Taking on the Myths

Ros Merkin





PART III

Bodies in Performance



12 Between Representation and Agency: Black Artists in the UK, 1900–1950

Tiziana Morosetti



13 ‘A Twitchy and Pugnacious Male Culture’: Women and Scottish Theatre, 1900–1950

Claire Cochrane and Ksenija Horvat



14 Ensembles and Companies

Philippa Burt



15 The Performing Body in Music Hall and Variety Theatre: Ambiguities and Blurred Boundaries

Louise Peacock



16 The Influence of the European Avant-Garde

Claire Warden



17 British Actor Training, 1900–1950: The Drama-School Turn

Peter Zazzali



PART IV

The Materiality of Theatre



18 The Labour of Theatre, 1900–1950

Lucie Sutherland



19 Theatrical Publishing, 1900–1950

Andrew Nash



20 Consumer Economies

Matthew Franks



21 Postcards, Letters and Magazines: Fan Culture in the early Twentieth Century

Helen Grime



22 Fashioning Costume on the British Stage, 1900–1950

Susan Marshall



PART V

Communities of Theatre



23 Theatre in ‘Other’ Spaces: Welsh Drama and Theatre, 1900–1950

Anwen Jones



24 Ulster Kitchen Comedy: ‘A Faithful if Unpleasant Picture of the National Fragments’

Roy Connolly



25 Elite Private Theatricals and the ‘Professional’ Amateur

David Coates



26 Early Twentieth-Century Festival Cultures

Soudabeh Ananisarab



27 The Children’s Theatre Movement in Early Twentieth-Century London and Birmingham

Catherine Hindson and Gemma Colclough





Index

Über Autor(innen)

Claire Cochrane is Professor Emeritus of Theatre Studies at the University of Worcester, UK.

Lynette Goddard is Professor of Black Theatre and Performance at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Catherine Hindson is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Bristol, UK.

Trish Reid is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Reading, UK