The Cambridge History of British Theatre

Volume 3 – Since 1895

Baz Kershaw 2004


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Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This volume explores the rich and complex histories of English, Scottish and Welsh theatres in the “long” twentieth century since 1895. Twenty-three original essays by leading historians and critics investigate the major aspects of theatrical performance, ranging from the great actor-managers to humble seaside entertainers, from between-wars West End women playwrights to the roots of professional theatre in Wales and Scotland, and from the challenges of alternative theatres to the economics of theatre under Thatcher. Detailed surveys of key theatre practices and traditions across this whole period are combined with case studies of influential productions, critical years placed in historical perspective and evaluations of theatre at the turn of the millennium. The collection presents an exciting evolution in the scholarly study of modern British theatre history, skilfully demonstrating how performance variously became a critical litmus test of the great aesthetic, cultural, social, political and economic upheavals in the age of extremes.

  • The last of three volumes looking at the turbulent public life of performance in Britain
  • Contains twenty-three original essays written by leading historians and critics
  • Includes case studies of influential productions and is fully illustrated

Review

“… a set that will stand as the most valuable resource on British theater for some time to come. Essential.”
Choice”… exceptional … destined to prove one of the most erudite, and yet accessible, resources for theatre scholars and students as well as serious theatre practitioners … must be hailed as perhaps the most carefully compiled and comprehensively covered history ever attempted … I know of no library that has any other theatre history (focusing exclusively on British Theatre) on its shelves to challenge this great new work’s pole position in the theatre reference stakes … All in all a great work.”

— Amateur Stage


About the Author

Baz Kershaw is Chair of Drama at the Department of Drama, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention (1992) and The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard (1999), and has been published in a number of journals including the Theatre Journal, New Theatre Quarterly and Studies in Theatre and Performance.