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This volume equips readers with a fresh assessment of the theatre and principle playwrights and plays from a decade when political and economic forces were changing society dramatically. It offers a broad survey of the context and of the playwrights and companies such as Complicite and DV8 that rose to prominence at this time.

English drama --- History and criticism. --- Barker, Howard, --- Cartwright, Jim, --- Daniels, Sarah, --- Wertenbaker, Timberlake --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Théâtre anglais --- Histoire et critique --- Criticism and interpretation --- Houth, Eduardo --- Theatre studies --- Théâtre anglais --- 20e siècle

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Volume 1 of The Cambridge History of British Theatre begins in Roman Britain and ends with Charles II's restoration to the throne imminent. The four essays in Part I treat pre-Elizabethan theatre, the eight in Part II focus on the riches of the Elizabethan era, and the seven in Part III on theatrical developments during and after the reigns of James I and Charles I. The essays are written for the general reader by leading British and American scholars, who combine an interest in the written drama with an understanding of the material conditions of the evolving professional theatre which the drama helped to sustain, often enough against formidable odds. The volume unfolds a story of enterprise, innovation and, sometimes, of desperate survival over years in which theatre and drama were necessarily embroiled in the politics of everyday life: a vivid subject vividly presented.

Theater --- English drama --- History. --- History and criticism.

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This book is the first major study of amateur theatre, offering new perspectives on its place in the cultural and social life of communities. Historically informed, it traces how amateur theatre has impacted national repertoires, contributed to diverse creative economies, and responded to changing patterns of labour. Based on extensive archival and ethnographic research, it traces the importance of amateur theatre to crafting places and the ways in which it sustains the creativity of amateur theatre over a lifetime. It asks: how does amateur theatre-making contribute to the twenty-first century amateur turn?

Amateur theater. --- Amateur plays --- Amateur theatricals --- Nonprofessional theater --- Women in amateur theatricals --- Amusements --- Theater --- Little theater movement --- History and criticism --- Theater. --- Theatre and Performance Studies. --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors

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History --- Theatrical science --- Great Britain --- Theater --- English drama --- History. --- History and criticism. --- 792 <41> --- 792 --- Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- 792 Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel --- 792 <41> Theater. Theaterwetenschap. Toneel--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- History and criticism --- 792 Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances --- Theatre. Stagecraft. Dramatic performances