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Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985): Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America - Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series Raphael Samuel 1st edition
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Routledge Revivals: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985): Workers' Theatre Movements in Britain and America - Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
Raphael Samuel
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.
260 pages, 16 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 18, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138214378 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Cosgrove, Stuart |
| Editor | MacColl, Ewan |
| Editor | Samuel, Raphael |
