British theatre from 1900 to 1950 has been subject to radical re-evaluation with plays from the period setting theatres alight and gaining critical acclaim once again; this book explains why; presenting a comprehensive survey of the theatre and how it shaped the work that followed. Rebecca DMonte examines how the emphasis upon the working class; angry drama from the 1950s has led to the neglect of much of the centurys earlier drama; positioning the book as part of the current debate about the relationship between war and culture; the middlebrow; and historiography. In a comprehensive survey of the period; the book considers: - the Edwardian theatre; - the theatre of the First World War; including propaganda and musicals; -the interwar years; the rise of commercial theatre and influence of Modernism; - the theatre of the Second World War and post-war period.Essays from leading scholars Penny Farfan; Steve Nicholson and Claire Cochrane give further critical perspectives on the periods theatre and demonstrate its relevance to the drama of today. For anyone studying 20th-century British Drama this will prove one of the foundational texts.
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