Theatre of Conscience 1939-53: A Study of Four Touring British Community Theatres

by PETER BILLINGHAM (Editor)

Overview

Theatres of Conscience offers an invaluable and essential insight into four touring British theatre companies whose work and contributions to post-war British theatre have largely gone unnoticed. Combining a rigorous scholarly evaluation of their work and their broadly ideological and ethical contribution to wider post-war developments in British theatre. Peter Billingham offers the reader a unique insight into four companies which, motivated by enthusiasm, principles and creative innovation, sought to take the theatre of conscience to theatre-less communities in wartime Britain and during the following decade. Contemporaries of - amongst others - Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, the Pilgrim Players, the Adelphi Players, the Compass Players and the Century Theatre represent a significant but rather overlooked phase in the development of twentieth-century British theatre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415866170
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/15/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Peter Billingham is Principal Lecturer in Drama at Bath Spa University College, Bath, UK. A researcher and award-winning dramatist, he has worked with Cecil Davies on The Adelphi Players: The Theatre of Persons, also available from Routledge Harwood.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Pilgrim Players; Chapter 3 The Adelphi Players and Adelphi Guild Theatre; Chapter 4 The Compass Players; Chapter 5 The Century Theatre; Chapter 6 Conclusion;