aspects of popular entertainment in theatre, film, and television, 1800-1976 /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by David Bradby, Louis James, and Bernard Sharratt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1980.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 331 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes indexes.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322).
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Counter Since the beginning of the nineteenth century many forms of theatre have been called 'popular', but in the twentieth century the term 'popular drama' has taken on definite political overtones, often indicating a repudiation of 'commercial theatre'. But does that mean that political theatre is or tries to be more attractive to more people than commercial theatre? Does it conversely mean that commercial theatre has no political effects? The articles in this book were submitted as papers for a conference on the theme of 'popular' theatre, film and television. Contributions came from people with very different types of experience: from an ex-animal trainer to a lecturer in film studies; from playwrights, directors and actors to professional critics and academics. Each author focused on a particular problem of defining drama in performance, drawing together the conditions of performance, the types of audience and the political effects of the plays or films in question. The result was a series of fruitful connections and juxtapositions which shows the remarkable continuity of the problems raised in attempts to create a popular political drama.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drama-- History and criticism.
Popular culture.
Theater-- Political aspects.
Culture populaire.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire)-- Histoire et critique.