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British theatre in the Great War : a revaluation / Gordon Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Gordon, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Performing arts--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Performing arts.
- World War, 1914-1918--Theater and the war.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, 2003.
- Summary:
- British Theatre in the Great War deals with a theatrical phase customarily dismissed by those charting twentieth-century developments. What becomes clear is that assessment by unsuitable literary criteria has masked the importance of the war years in Britain
- Contents:
- Contents; Prefatory note; 1 Introduction; 2 Musical comedy and musical anarchy; 3 Pantomime and tradition; 4 Variety on the halls; 5 War and the legitimate theatre; 6 A classic theatre; 7 Fashionable audiences and the opera; 8 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [340]-342) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611298401
- 9781281298409
- 1281298409
- 9781847141286
- 1847141285
- OCLC:
- 268793899
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