Theatre workshop (exeter performance studies)

This Text Presents An In-depth Study Of Theatre Workshop, One Of Britain’s Influential Twentieth-century Theatre Companies. It Sets The Company’s Aims And Achievements In Their Social, Political And Theatrical Contexts, And Explores The Elements Which Made Its Success So Important. Preface — Chronology — Part One: Before Theatre Workshop, 1926-45: Politics And Performance — Class Against Class — The World Of The Theatre — Workers’ Theatre — The Challenge Of Fascism — Slow Approach Of War — Part Two: Theatre Workshop, 1945-53: Political Theatre — Days Of Hope — Days Of Disappointment — The Plays Of Ewan Maccoll — Actor Training — Part Two: Theatre Workshop, 1953-56: Repertory Theatre — New Elizabethans — Stratford East — Matters Financial — The Theatre Workshop Actor — Part Four: Theatre Workshop, 1956-63: Popular Theatre — Never Had It So Good? — The Royal Smut Hound — New Plays — Joan Littlewood, Director — The Mise-en-scène — Part Five: After Theatre Workshop, 1963-88: Society And The Stage — Times A-changing — The End Of Theatre Workshop — The Making Of Modern British Theatre. Robert Leach. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.