1956 and all that : the making of modern British drama /
It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the 'revolutionary' appearance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May 1956. But had the theatre been as ephemeral and effeminate as the Angry Young Men claimed? Was the era of Terence Ra...
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Shrnutí: | It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the 'revolutionary' appearance of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May 1956. But had the theatre been as ephemeral and effeminate as the Angry Young Men claimed? Was the era of Terence Rattigan and 'Binkie' Beaumont as repressed and closeted as it seems? In this bold and fascinating challenge to the received wisdom of the last forty years of theatrical history, Dan Rebellato uncovers a different story altogether. It is one where Britain's declining Empire and increasing panic over the. |
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| Popis jednotky: | Based on the author's thesis. |
| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (ix, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203009991 0415189381 041518939X 1134657838 6610193797 9780203009994 9780415189385 9780415189392 9781134657834 9786610193790 |