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The London Stage 1940-1949

Author : J. P. Wearing
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810893061
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The London Stage 1940-1949 written by J. P. Wearing and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre in London has celebrated a rich and influential history, and in 1976 the first volume of J. P. Wearing’s reference series provided researchers with an indispensable resource of these productions. In the decades since the original calendars were produced, several research aids have become available, notably various reference works and the digitization of important newspapers and relevant periodicals. The second edition of The London Stage 1940–1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel provides a chronological calendar of London shows from January 1940 through December 1949. The volume chronicles more than 2,400 productions at 53 major central London theatres during this period. For each production the following information is provided: Title Author Theatre Performers Personnel Opening and Closing Dates Number of Performances Other details include genre of the production, number of acts, and a list of reviews. A comment section includes other interesting information, such as plot description, first-night reception by the audience, noteworthy performances, staging elements, and details of performances in New York either prior to or after the London production. Among the plays staged in London during this decade were The Light of Heart, Mr. Bolfry, Perchance to Dream, Pacific 1860, Bless the Bride, The Lady’s Not for Burning, The Late Edwina Black, Outrageous Fortune, Seagulls over Sorrento, and Buoyant Billions, as well as numerous musical comedies (British and American), foreign works, operas, ballets, and revivals of English classics. A definitive resource, this edition revises, corrects, and expands the original calendar. In addition, approximately 20 percent of the material—in particular, information of adaptations and translations, plot sources, and comment information—is new. Arranged chronologically, the shows are fully indexed by title, genre, and theatre. A general index includes numerous subject entries on such topics as acting, audiences, censorship, costumes, managers, performers, prompters, staging, and ticket prices. The London Stage 1940-1949 will be of value to scholars, theatrical personnel, librarians, writers, journalists, and historians.

The London Stage 1940-1949

Author : J. P. Wearing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810825000
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The London Stage 1940-1949 written by J. P. Wearing and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The London Stage, 1940-1949

Author : J. P. Wearing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810825000
Total Pages : 1264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The London Stage, 1940-1949 written by J. P. Wearing and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These highly praised day-by-day calendars of plays produced at the major London theatres cover all the big productions and names, revivals of the classics, and opera and ballet productions. J. P. Wearing lists each production in chronological arrangement of playbills, with full production and contemporary review information for each play and including comprehensive indexes. Every scholar and critic concerned with English theatre for the period...will want and need to consult these volumes.

Irish Theatre in England

Author : Richard Allen Cave
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781904505266
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Irish Theatre in England written by Richard Allen Cave and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of Irish theatrical performance in England

The Philanderer

Author : Bernard Shaw
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770485716
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Philanderer written by Bernard Shaw and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of Shaw’s “unpleasant” plays, written in 1893, published in 1898, but not performed until 1905, The Philanderer is subtitled “A Topical Comedy.” The eclectic range of topical subjects addressed in the play includes the influence of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen on British middle-class social mores (the second act of The Philanderer is set in the fictional Ibsen Club), medical follies, the rise of the “New Woman,” and, in particular, the destructive impact of Victorian marriage and divorce laws. Just as Shaw’s other “unpleasant” plays, Widowers’ Houses and Mrs Warren’s Profession, call, respectively, for reform of laws that allow corrupt property owners to exploit the poor and for radical change to economic structures that drive women into prostitution, so The Philanderer makes the case for more liberal legislation to allow easier divorce—particularly for women—when marriages become irretrievably broken. Shaw’s attack on divorce laws becomes even clearer and stronger in the final act that he wrote for the play but discarded in favour of the version he published. The discarded version is published for the first time in this Broadview edition of the play.

West End Women

Author : Maggie Gale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134886721
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book West End Women written by Maggie Gale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Gale's West End Women uncovers groundbreaking material about women playwrights and the staging of their performances between the years 1918 and 1962. It documents a dynamic era of social and theatrical history, analysing the transformations that occurred in the theatre and the lives of British women in relation to specific plays of the period. Focusing on the work of playwrights such as Dodie Smith, Clemence Dane, Gordon Daviot and Bridget Boland, Maggie Gale examines the cultural and political context within which they enjoyed commercial success and great notoriety.

Madeleine Dring

Author : Wanda Brister
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1949979326
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Madeleine Dring written by Wanda Brister and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first detailed study of the life and music of British composer Madeleine Dring (1923–1977). From her life in London through her numerous accomplishments as performer and musician, her achievements are highlighted through her remarkable story and diverse musical works.

Shakespeare and War

Author : R. King
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230228275
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and War written by R. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively collection of essays from scholars from across Europe, North America and Australia. The book ranges from Shakespeare's use of manuals on war written for the sixteenth-century English public by an English mercenary, to reflections on the ways in which Shakespeare has been represented in Nazi Germany, wartime Denmark, or cold war Romania.

Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

Author : John Stewart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603294
Total Pages : 6404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004 written by John Stewart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 6404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. Since that time, the theatres of Broadway have staged hundreds of musicals--some more noteworthy than others, but all in their own way a part of American theatre history. With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive reference work provides information on every musical produced on Broadway since Oklahoma's 1943 debut. Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; next, the Broadway run itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew, including replacements, chorus and understudies, songs, gossip, and notes on reviews and awards; and finally, post-Broadway information with a detailed list of later notable productions, along with important reviews and awards.

British Playwrights, 1880-1956

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313032653
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book British Playwrights, 1880-1956 written by William W. Demastes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-12-09 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1880 to 1956, when John Osborne transformed the British theater world with Look Back in Anger, British playwrights made numerous lasting contributions and provided a foundation for the innovations of dramatists during the latter half of the 20th century. This reference profiles the life and work of some 40 British playwrights active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of whom are also known for their work as novelists and poets. Included are figures such as W. H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, Noel Coward, T. S. Eliot, John Galsworthy, Graham Greene, D. H. Lawrence, W. Somerset Maugham, George Bernard Shaw, and Oscar Wilde. Each entry provides a biographical overview; a list of major plays and summaries of their critical reception; a list of minor plays, adaptations, and productions; an assessment of the playwright's career; and archival and bibliographical information. Included in this reference book are alphabetically arranged entries for some 40 British playwrights active from 1880 through 1956. Entries are written by expert contributors, with each entry providing a biographical overview; a list of major plays, premieres, and significant revivals, along with a summary of the critical reception of these works; a listing of additional plays, adaptations, and productions; an assessment of the playwright's career and contributions, with reference to published evaluations in magazines, journals, dissertations, and books; a listing of locations housing unpublished archival material, if available; a selected bibliography of the dramatist's published plays and of essays and articles by the playwright on aspects of the theater; a selected bibliography of secondary sources; and, when available, a listing of previously published bibliographies on the playwright.

Shakespeare and European Politics

Author : Dirk Delabastita
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 9780874130041
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare and European Politics written by Dirk Delabastita and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume's main focus is on the ways in which, over the past 400 years, Shakespeare has played a role of significance within a European framework, particularly where a series of political events and ideologically based developments were concerned, such as the early modern wars of religion, the emergence of "the nation" during the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the First and Second World Wars, the process of European unification during the 1990s, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, and Britain's participation in the war in Iraq." "The whole of the collection and particularly the opening section clearly invites a European and even a global perspective." "This book convincingly demonstrates that Shakespeare, both at the level of his meaning in his own time and at that of his reception in later ages, should no longer be studied only in relation to particular nations, but as Dirk Delabastita argues, also at various supranational levels." --Book Jacket.

Wrestling with Shylock

Author : Edna Nahshon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110816160X
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Wrestling with Shylock written by Edna Nahshon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice occupies a unique place in world culture. As the fictional, albeit iconic, character of Shylock has been interpreted as exotic outsider, social pariah, melodramatic villain and tragic victim, the play, which has been performed and read in dozens of languages, has served as a lens for examining ideas and images of the Jew at various historical moments. In the last two hundred years, many of the play's stage interpreters, spectators, readers and adapters have themselves been Jews, whose responses are often embedded in literary, theatrical and musical works. This volume examines the ever-expanding body of Jewish responses to Shakespeare's most Jewishly relevant play.

Humanities

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Humanities written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Puerto Rican Women from the Jazz Age: Stories of Success

Author : Basilio Serrano
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728316359
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Puerto Rican Women from the Jazz Age: Stories of Success written by Basilio Serrano and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of this book may seem unusual to some since there may be those who believe that Puerto Rican women may not have entered the jazz milieu during its early history. Nevertheless, an aim of the book is to dispel this and other false generalizations. The contents of this volume will document how Puerto Rican women were not only present in early jazz but how they played trailblazing and innovative roles and contributed to the emergence of the genre in the States and abroad. This work will present information that is confirmable through a variety of sources. The book may not be the definitive work on the subject but will serve as a starting point to: -document the success and achievement of several Puerto Rican women from the jazz age -consider the different strategies used for success in jazz and film by women -illustrate the evolution of various careers -consider the different personal circumstances under which success was achieved -consider how women in contemporary jazz and film can learn from their predecessors -provide women: older, young, and youthful, examples of success with documentary evidence on how to achieve Book Organization The book is organized into sections that cover a brief history of significant Puerto Rican women in music and the performing arts followed by biographical descriptions of pioneering women in jazz and film. The book also contains a brief discussion on Puerto Rican women in jazz today followed by a discussion surrounding issues affecting women in the arts today. Throughout the text there is commentary on the situations facing women, especially, male chauvinism, colonialism, racism, and anti-women prejudice in jazz. Every effort was made to include only facts that are easily confirmable. Unsupported tales or questionable events are avoided to ensure that the material contained in the volume can be used for teaching purposes and for curriculum development when credit is given to this work. In the process of developing the central theme of this volume, special effort was made to document those experiences where Puerto Rican women collaborate with members of the African American community to confirm how the cross-cultural collaboration resulted beneficial to both ethnic peoples. The book will detail the many instances where members of the African-American community assisted the fledgling Puerto Rican artists achieve success and stardom. Figures such as Helen Elise Smith, David J. Martin, Will Marion Cook, Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones, and other distinguished African-Americans are described. My hope is that this information will be added to historic works in African-American Studies.

Literature of the 1940s

Author : Gill Plain
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748689362
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Literature of the 1940s written by Gill Plain and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance

J.B. Priestley

Author : Maggie B. Gale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134143052
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book J.B. Priestley written by Maggie B. Gale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of Priestley’s enormous contribution to twentieth century British theatre. This study unpicks the contradictions of a playwright and theatre theorist popular with audiences but too often dismissed by critics.

British Theatre and the Red Peril

Author : Steve Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book British Theatre and the Red Peril written by Steve Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how communism was portrayed in plays in the British theatre between 1917 and 1945, and how the theatre played a significant part in communicating and manipulating political propaganda in order to influence orders.