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1956 and All That

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1956 and All That

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The Making of Modern British Drama

1956 and All That

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1956 and All That book

The Making of Modern British Drama
ByDan Rebellato
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
eBook Published 11 February 1999
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203009994
Pages 280
eBook ISBN 9780203009994
Subjects Arts
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Rebellato, D. (1999). 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203009994

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |9 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|27 pages

‘WHY SHOULD I CARE?’

The politics of vital theatre

chapter 2|34 pages

The new Elizabethans: the docile bodies of funding

The docile bodies of arts funding

chapter 3|30 pages

A WRITER’S THEATRE

The professionalisation of the playwright

chapter 4|26 pages

OH FOR EMPTY SEATS

ByThe Royal Court and its audiences

chapter 5|28 pages

SOMETHING ENGLISH

The repatriation of European drama

chapter 6|37 pages

SOMETHING (UN)SPOKEN

Quoting, queers, and the fear of theatre

chapter 7|32 pages

SISTER MARY DISCIPLINE

ByGrowing up straight at the Royal Court
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