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Theatre and War 1933-1945 - Performance in Extremis (Paperback) Loot Price: R879
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Theatre and War 1933-1945 - Performance in Extremis (Paperback): Michael Balfour

Theatre and War 1933-1945 - Performance in Extremis (Paperback)

Michael Balfour

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On an April evening in 1934, on the River Arno in Florence, an air squadron, an infantry, a cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field radio stations, and six photoelectric units presented a piece of theatre. The mass spectacle, 18 BL involved over two thousand amateur actors and was performed before an audience of twenty thousand. 18 BL is one of eleven extraordinary essays collected together for the first time. The essays have been selected and edited from a wide range of publications dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. The authors are academics, cultural historians, and theatre practitioners - some with direct experience of the harsh conditions of Europe during the war. Each author critically assesses the function of theatre in times of world crisis, exploring themes of Fascist aesthetic propaganda in Italy and Germany, of theatre re-education programmes in the Gulags of Russia, of cultural "sustenance" for the troops at the front and interned German refugees in the UK, or cabaret shows as a currency for survival in Jewish concentration camps.

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Imprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2001
Editors: Michael Balfour
Dimensions: 142 x 217 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-1-57181-497-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 1-57181-497-3
Barcode: 9781571814975

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