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: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)

By Raphael Samuel, Ewan MacColl, Stuart Cosgrove

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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 par...Show more

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ISBN

9781138214460

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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: Theatres of the Left 1880-1935 (1985)

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Paperback

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