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  • Theatre in the Chocolate Factory

    Performance at Cadbury's Bournville, 1900–1935

    by Catherine Hindson ...
    Providing a new way of thinking about industrialism and its history through the lens of one of Britain's most recognisable heritage brands, Catherine Hindson explores the creativity that was at the heart of Cadbury's operation in the early twentieth century. Guided by Quaker Capitalism, employees at Bournville took part in recreational and educational activities, enabling imagination to flourish. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • London's West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Charity, 1880-1920

    by Catherine Hindson ...
    Series series Studies Theatre Hist & Culture
    Today’s celebrity charity work has deep historical roots. In the 1880s and 1890s, the stars of fin-de-siècle London’s fashionable stage culture—particularly the women—transformed theatre’s connection with fundraising. They refreshed, remolded, and reenergized celebrity charity work at a time when organized benevolence and women’s public roles were also being transformed. In the process, actresses ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance

    Volume Two: 1950–2000

    Edited by Claire Cochrane, Lynette Goddard, Catherine Hindson, Trish Reid ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance provides a broad range of perspectives on the multiple models and examples of theatre, artists, enthusiasts, enablers and audiences that emerged over this formative hundred‑year period.This second volume covers the second half of the century, constructing an equitable and inclusive history that is more representative of ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance

    Volume One: 1900–1950

    Edited by Claire Cochrane, Lynette Goddard, Catherine Hindson, Trish Reid ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance provides a broad range of perspectives on the multiple models and examples of theatre, artists, enthusiasts, enablers, and audiences that emerged over this formative 100-year period.This first volume covers the first half of the century, constructing an equitable and inclusive history that is more representative of the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • The Presence of the Actor

    by Joseph Chaikin ...
    Chaikin, who directed the celebrated Open Theater in the '60s, kindled an emphasis on communal playmaking whose impact is still evident today. This conversational review of his efforts details his methods and reveals the struggles involved in the creation of some of the most exciting theatre of our time. ... Read more

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    Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention

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    Gertrude Stein's Avant-Garde Theatre

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