Cold War Theatre

This book offers a brief history of modern theatre set within the context of the Cold War. The author, currently President of the International Association of Theatre Critics, describes the political and theatrical developments in Eastern and Western countries, from 1950 to the deposition of President Gorbachev in August 1991. He argues that there was a two-way relationship between the cultures and ideologies of the time, each influencing the other. There are sections on Arthur Miller, H.B. Beaumont, Bertolt Brecht, J.P. Sartre, Samuel Beckett, Laurence Olivier, Yuir Lyubimov, Peter Brook, Peter Stein and Stephen Sondheim; and among the politicians, George Kennan, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. Elsom provides a narrative flow which connects the turbulent events and offers a critical assessment of the period's theatre.

Elsom, John

History

Routledge

<p>This book is an account of a public seminar held in honour of Jan Kott's influential study, Shakespeare Our Contemporary . Attracting international contributors, the seminar focused on the relevance of her study for Shakespearian theatre today.</p>

Is Shakespeare Still Our Contemporary?

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Erotic theatre

Secker and Warburg

Post-war British theatre

Post-War British Theatre

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Routledge & Kegan Pal

This book, first published in 1981, sets out the critical reaction to some fifty key post-war productions of the British theatre, as gauged primarily through the contemporary reviews of theatre critics. The plays chosen are each, in their different ways, important in their contribution to the development of the British theatre, covering the period from immediately after the Second World War, when British theatre fell into decline, through the revival of the late 1950s, to the time in which this book was first published, in which British theatre enjoyed a high international reputation for its diversity and quality.  This book is ideal for theatre studies students, as well as for the general theatre-goer.

Post-War British Theatre Criticism

Routledge& Kegan Paul

<p>Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 0710083505 / Theatre and Play-acting / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 15 x 23 cm / 228 .pp /</p>

Routledge & K.Paul

Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc.

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