1956 and All That : The Making of Modern British Drama
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
041518939X
ISBN-13
9780415189392
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 11th, 1999
Print length
276 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 13.90 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studies
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The first serious challenge to the mythology that surrounds the revolution in British theatre sparked off by Osborne's play Look Back in Anger.
It is said that British Drama was shockingly lifted out of the doldrums by the ''revolutionary'' appearance of John Osborne''s Look Back in Anger at the Royal Court in May 1956. But had the theatre been as ephemeral and effeminate as the Angry Young Men claimed? Was the era of Terence Rattigan and ''Binkie'' Beaumont as repressed and closeted as it seems?
In this bold and fascinating challenge to the received wisdom of the last forty years of theatrical history, Dan Rebellato uncovers a different story altogether. It is one where Britain''s declining Empire and increasing panic over the ''problem'' of homosexuality played a crucial role in the construction of an enduring myth of the theatre. By going back to primary sources and rigorously questioning all assumptions, Rebellato has rewritten the history of the Making of Modern British Drama.
In this bold and fascinating challenge to the received wisdom of the last forty years of theatrical history, Dan Rebellato uncovers a different story altogether. It is one where Britain''s declining Empire and increasing panic over the ''problem'' of homosexuality played a crucial role in the construction of an enduring myth of the theatre. By going back to primary sources and rigorously questioning all assumptions, Rebellato has rewritten the history of the Making of Modern British Drama.
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