The politics of performance : radical theatre as cultural intervention / Baz Kershaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kershaw, Baz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Little theater movement--Great Britain.

Little theater movement.

Experimental theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Experimental theater.

Theater--Political aspects--Great Britain.

Theater.

Theater and society--Great Britain.

Theater and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: In quest of performance efficacy; Theory and issues: alternative and community theatre as radical cultural intervention; Performance, community, culture; Reception, scale, terminologies; Carnival, agit prop, celebratory protest; A history of alternative and community theatre; Experimentation in the 1960's The community dramas of John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy; Consolidation in the 1970's The popular political theatre of John McGrath and 7:84 Theatre Company

Reorientation in the 1980's The community plays of Ann Jellicoe and the Colway Theatre Trust Fragmentation in the 1990's? The celebratory performance of John Fox and Welfare State International; Conclusions: On the brink of performance efficacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-93271-5

1-134-93272-3

1-280-42880-5

0-203-41228-1

9780203412282

OCLC:

259512010