British Theatre in the Great War: A Revaluation

by Gordon Williams and Gordon Williams

British Theatre in the Great War deals with a theatrical phase customarily dismissed by those charting twentieth-century developments. What becomes clear is that assessment by unsuitable literary criteria has masked the importance of the war years in British theatrical history. In avoiding a texts bias, the book reveals a period of unsurpassed prosperity in which the stage's substantial contribution to the war effort is only one notable feature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826478824
• ISBN13: 9780826478825
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"