: THEATRES OF THE LEFT 1880-1935 (1985) by Raphael Samuel (Editor), Ewan MacColl (Editor), Stuart Cosgrove (Editor) ( 9781138214378 )

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: THEATRES OF THE LEFT 1880-1935 (1985)
WORKERS' THEATRE MOVEMENTS IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA

By:

Raphael Samuel (Editor), Ewan MacColl (Editor), Stuart Cosgrove (Editor)

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Hardback

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113821437X

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9781138214378

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

18 August, 2016

Series:

Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series

Pages:

260

Synopsis:

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.

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16 black & white illustrations

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