: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)

Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-21446-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samuel, Raphael

MacColl, Ewan

Cosgrove, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: theatre and politics; Part 1 Theatre and socialism in Britain (1880-1935) Part 2 The Workers’ Theatre Movement (1926-1935) Part 3 The Yiddish-speaking WTM Part 4 The debate on naturalism Part 5 Proletkult: a view from the Plebs League Part 6 Some origins of Theatre Workshop Part 7 The political stage in the United States; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Raphael Samuel, Ewan MacColl, Stuart Cosgrove