Modern Playhouses: An Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945 - 1985

by Alistair Fair

Book Overview

Modern Playhouses is the first detailed study of the major programme of theatre-building which took place in Britain between the 1950s and the 1980s. Drawing on a vast range of archival material--much of which had never previously been studied by historians--it sets architecture in a wide social and cultural context, presenting the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance but also to culture, citizenship,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198807473
• ISBN13: 9780198807476
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"