Questors, Jesters and Renegades: The Story of Britain`s Amateur Theatre 9781350128378

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Автор: Michael Coveney
Название: Questors, Jesters and Renegades: The Story of Britain`s Amateur Theatre
ISBN: 9781350128378
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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ISBN-10: 1350128376
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.49 кг.
Дата издания: 05.03.2020
Серия: Arts
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 20 bw illus
Размер: 164 x 241 x 20
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Theatre studies,Performance art, DRAMA / General,PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism,PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
Подзаголовок: The story of britain`s amateur theatre
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This is the vital story of the amateur theatre as it developed from the medieval guilds to the modern theatre of Ayckbourn and Pinter, with a few mishaps and missed cues along the way. Michael Coveney – a former member of Ilfords Renegades - tells this tale with a charm and wit that will have you shouting out for an encore. Between the two world wars, amateur theatre thrived across the UK, from Newcastle to Norwich, from Bolton to Birmingham and Bangor, championed by the likes of George Bernard Shaw, Sybil Thorndike, and J B Priestley. Often born out of a particular political cause or predicament, many of these theatres and companies continue to evolve, survive and even prosper today. This is the first account of its kind, packed with anecdote and previously unheard stories, and it shows how amateur theatre is more than a popular pastime: it has been endemic to the birth of the National Theatre, as well as a seedbed of talent and a fascinating barometer and product of the times in which we live.Some of the companies Coveney delves into – all taking centre stage in this entertaining and lively book - include the Questors and Tower Theatre in London; Birminghams Crescent Theatre; The Little Theatre in Bolton, where Ian McKellen was a schoolboy participant; the Halifax Thespians; Lincolnshires Broadbent Theatre, co-founded by Jim Broadbents father and other conscientious objectors at the end of World War II; Crayfords Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, where the careers of Michael Gambon and Diana Quick were launched; Angleseys Theatr Fach, a crucible of Welsh language theatre; and Cornwalls stunning cliff-top Minack.

Questors, Jesters and Renegades: The Story of Britain`s Amateur Theatre, Michael Coveney