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Played in Britain - Modern Theatre in 100 Plays (Paperback)
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Played in Britain - Modern Theatre in 100 Plays (Paperback)
Series: Plays and Playwrights
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Now available in paperback, Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in
100 Plays explores the best and most influential plays from 1945 to
date. Published in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert
Musuem and fully illustrated with photos from the V&A's
collections and featuring a foreword by the late Richard Griffiths
O.B.E., the book provides a sumptuous treat for theatre-lovers. It
was awarded the 2014 David Bradby Award for research by the Theatre
and Performance Research Association. Opening with J. B.
Priestley's classic play from 1946, An Inspector Calls, and ending
with Laura Wade's examination of class privilege and moral
turpitude in Posh over 60 years later, Played in Britain offers a
visual history of post-war theatre on the British stage. Arranged
chronologically the featured plays illustrate and respond to a
number of themes that animate post-war society: censorship and
controversy; race and immigration; gender and sexuality; money and
politics. An essay on each period first sets the context and
explores trends, while the commentary accompanying each play
illuminates the plot and themes, considers its original reception
and subsequent afterlife, and finishes by suggesting other plays to
explore. Photographs from the V&A's extensive collection
illustrate each play, providing further insight into stage and
costume designs, and include iconic images from the premieres of
major plays such as Waiting for Godot and Look Back in Anger.
Illustrated throughout with stage production photography, Played in
Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays presents a unique and visually
stunning panorama of key dramatic works produced in Britain over
the past seventy years. From An Inspector Calls to The Rocky Horror
Show, or Abigail's Party to Waiting for Godot, fresh light is
thrown on the impact, aesthetics and essence of these key plays.
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