State of the nation : British theatre since 1945 / Michael Billington.
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TextPublication details: London : Faber, 2009Description: ix, 435 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 20 cmISBN: 9780571210497 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century | Theater and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Theater and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century | Performing ArtsDDC classification: 792'.0941'09045 Summary: Michael Billington looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective. He examines the constant interplay between theatre and society from the resurgent optimism of the Attlee years to the satire boom of the 1960s and the growth of political theatre under Tony Blair in the post-Iraq period.
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Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Michael Billington looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective. He examines the constant interplay between theatre and society from the resurgent optimism of the Attlee years to the satire boom of the 1960s and the growth of political theatre under Tony Blair in the post-Iraq period.
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