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Good Nights Out: A History of Popular British Theatre Since the Second World War

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ISBN-13
9781350200913
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Publication Year
2021
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Good Nights Out: a History of Popular British Theatre since the Second World War
Item Height
234mm
Author
Aleks Sierz
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
382g
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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London's West End is a global success story, staging phenomenal hit shows that have delighted millions of spectators and generated billions of pounds in revenue. In Good Nights Out, Aleks Sierz provides a thematic survey of such popular theatre shows that were enormous commercial successes over the past 75 years. He argues that these outstanding hits have a lot to say about the collective cultural, social and political attitudes and aspirations of the country, and about how our national identity - and theatre's role in creating it - has evolved over the decades. The book spans a range of work from almost forgotten plays, such as R. F. Delderfield's Worm's Eye View and Hugh Hastings's Seagulls Over Sorrento, to well-known mega-hits, such as The Mousetrap and The Phantom of the Opera. Such popular work has tended to be undervalued by some critics and commentators mainly because it has not been thought to be a suitable subject for inclusion in the canon of English Literature. By contrast, Sierz demonstrates that genres such as the British musical, light comedy, sex farce or murder mystery are worth appreciating not only for their intrinsic theatrical qualities, but also as examples of the dream life of the British people. The book challenges the idea that mega-hits are merely escapist entertainments and instead shows how they contribute to the creation of powerful myths about our national life. The analysis of such shows also points towards the possibility of creating an alternative history of postwar British theatre.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781350200913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17049022977

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Book Title
Good Nights Out: a History of Popular British Theatre since the Second World War
Author
Aleks Sierz
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
382g

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Aleks Sierz
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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