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British Theatre Companies: 1965-1979: CAST, The People Show, Portable Theatre, Pip Simmons Theatre Group, Welfare State International, 7:84 Theatre Companies
Dr. John Bull
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Description for British Theatre Companies: 1965-1979: CAST, The People Show, Portable Theatre, Pip Simmons Theatre Group, Welfare State International, 7:84 Theatre Companies
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Saunders, Graham; Bull, Dr. John; Saunders, Graham. Series: British Theatre Companies: From Fringe to Mainstream. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. Weight in Grams: 454.
This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context; an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the major companies drawing on the Arts Council Archives to trace the impact of funding on the work produced. 1965-1979, covers the period often accepted as the `golden age' of British Fringe companies, looking at the birth ... Read more
This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context; an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the major companies drawing on the Arts Council Archives to trace the impact of funding on the work produced. 1965-1979, covers the period often accepted as the `golden age' of British Fringe companies, looking at the birth ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
British Theatre Companies: From Fringe to Mainstream
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408175439
SKU
V9781408175439
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99-50
About Dr. John Bull
John Bull is the Professor of Drama at the University of Lincoln, UK. His many publications include Stage Right: Crisis and Recovery in British Contemporary Mainstream Theatre (1994). Recently, he was Associate Editor for Modern Drama on the New Oxford Companion to English Literature, and editor of the three volume series, British and Irish Playwrights Since World War II.
Reviews for British Theatre Companies: 1965-1979: CAST, The People Show, Portable Theatre, Pip Simmons Theatre Group, Welfare State International, 7:84 Theatre Companies
A detailed, well researched history of what has happened in the industry in the last half century.
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