The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre - The First Four Hundred Years (Paperback)

British theatre is booming. But where do these beautiful buildings and exciting plays come from? And when did the story start? To find out we time travel back to the age of the first Queen Elizabeth in the 16th century, four hundred years ago when there was not a single theatre in the land. In the company of a series of well-characterized fictional guides, the eight chapters of the book explore how British theatre began, grew up and developed from the 1550s to the 1950s. The Time-Traveller's Guide to British Theatre tells the story of the movers and shakers, the buildings, the playwrights, the plays and the audiences that make British theatre what it is today. It covers all the great names - from Shakespeare to Terence Rattigan, by way of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw - and the classic plays, many of which are still revived today, visits the venues and tells their dramatic stories. It is an accessible, journalistic account of this subject which, while based firmly on extensive research and historical accuracy, describes five centuries of British creativity in an interesting and relevant way. It is celebratory in tone, journalistic in style and accurate in content.

General

Imprint:	Methuen Drama
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Aleks Sierz (Author) • Lia Ghilardi
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-30176-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-350-30176-0
Barcode:	9781350301764

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