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1 online resource |
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Cover; Modern Playhouses: An Architectural History of Britainâ#x80;#x99;s New Theatres, 1945â#x80;#x93;1985; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: â#x80;#x98;The Pattern Is Now Quite Differentâ#x80;#x99;; 1: â#x80;#x98;An Instrument of Policy and Something Socially Desirableâ#x80;#x99; Public Funding and Theatre; THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT; CULTURAL LITERACY: JUSTIFYING SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS; STRUCTURES OF THEATRE AND THE END OF â#x80;#x98;TATTY REPâ#x80;#x99;; CONCLUSIONS: â#x80;#x98;NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEYâ#x80;#x99;; 2: â#x80;#x98;Housing the Artsâ#x80;#x99;Funding Capital Projects |
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LOCAL-AUTHORITY FUNDING FORTHEATRE BUILDINGSTHE ORIGINS OF â#x80;#x98;HOUSING THE ARTSâ#x80;#x99;; â#x80;#x98;HOUSING THE ARTSâ#x80;#x99; IN OPERATION; OTHER FUNDING SOURCES; 3: Towards a New Theatre Architecture, 1945â#x80;#x93;60; MODERN THEATRE ARCHITECTURE; FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A NEW IMAGE, c.1945â#x80;#x93;60; â#x80;#x98;A â#x80;#x9C;NEW LOOKâ#x80;#x9D; IN THEATRE BUILDINGSâ#x80;#x99;; 4: â#x80;#x98;The Second Positive Stageâ#x80;#x99;: Modern Public Buildings, c.1958â#x80;#x93;71; â#x80;#x98;NO QUESTION OF A â#x80;#x9C;UTILITYâ#x80;#x9D; APPROACHâ#x80;#x99;; MODERN MONUMENTALITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; â#x80;#x98;INCOMPLETE WITHOUT PEOPLEâ#x80;#x99;: THE NATIONAL THEATRE; â#x80;#x98;TAKING ON A NEW WARMTHâ#x80;#x99;: POPULAR MODERNISM |
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5: â#x80;#x98;A New Image of the Town Centreâ#x80;#x99;: Theatres, Civic Pride, and UrbanityCIVIC PRIDE; THEATRE AND CITY; 6: â#x80;#x98;The Modern Concept of a Community Theatreâ#x80;#x99;: The Social Centre; â#x80;#x98;MORE THAN A PLAYHOUSEâ#x80;#x99;; â#x80;#x98;THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AWARENESSâ#x80;#x99;: UNIVERSITY THEATRES; CONCLUSIONS: A â#x80;#x98;SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CENTREâ#x80;#x99;; 7: â#x80;#x98;At the End of a Boom?â#x80;#x99;: Frugality and Contextualism, c.1968â#x80;#x93;85; â#x80;#x98;THE VOLUME OF PUBLIC RESOURCESâ#x80;#x99;: UNBUILT THEATRES AND MONSTER PROJECTS; â#x80;#x98;A MODEST BUDGET BUILDINGâ#x80;#x99;: ECONOMY AND THEATRE; â#x80;#x98;LIKE A SECOND-HAND WAREHOUSEâ#x80;#x99;: CONTEXTUALISM |
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CONCLUSIONS: â#x80;#x98;AN EVOLVING PROJECTâ#x80;#x99;8: â#x80;#x98;Theatre of the Futureâ#x80;#x99;: Rethinking the Auditorium; THE CONTEXT: PROFESSIONAL ROLES; â#x80;#x98;PEEP-SHOW MENTALITYâ#x80;#x99;: REJECTING THE PROSCENIUM ARCH; FROM JOSEPH AND GUTHRIE TO CHICHESTER; OPEN STAGING AT THE NATIONAL; YORKSHIRE THRUST: LEEDS AND SHEFFIELD; FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS; CONCLUSIONS; 9: â#x80;#x98;The Most Revolutionary Thingâ#x80;#x99;: Modern Proscenium Arch and End Stage Auditoria; â#x80;#x98;NOT AVANT-GARDEâ#x80;#x99;: JUSTIFYING THE PROSCENIUM ARCH; â#x80;#x98;ELIMINATE THE DIVISIONâ#x80;#x99;: THE ACTOR/AUDIENCE THRESHOLD; RETHINKING THE AUDITORIUM: FUNCTION AND APPEARANCE |
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Â#x80;#x98;A LOGICAL TWENTIETH-CENTURY THEATREâ#x80;#x99;: CONTINUITY AND CHANGECONCLUSIONS: A â#x80;#x98;MODERN PROSCENIUMâ#x80;#x99; THEATRE; 10: â#x80;#x98;Escaping From Boarded Concrete and Modern Finishesâ#x80;#x99;: Impermanency, Mobility, Rehabilitationâ#x80;#x94;and Emulation; IMPERMANENCY AND PARTICIPATION: THEATRE MODULE, FUN PALACE, ARTS CENTRE; THE MOBILE THEATRE; RESTORATIONâ#x80;#x94;AND EMULATION; Conclusions: â#x80;#x98;Out of Its Sick-bedâ#x80;#x99;; APPENDIX: Summary of Principal Theatres Discussed; Bibliography; 1. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES IN PUBLIC ARCHIVES; 2. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS; 3. PRINTED SOURCES; 4. BOOKS AND ARTICLES |
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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, and the modern city. During this period, more than sixty major new theatres were constructed in locations from Plymouth to Inverness, Aberystwyth to Ipswich. The most prominent example was the National Theatre in London, but the National was only the tip of the iceberg. Supported in many cases by public subsidies, these buildings represented a new kind of theatre, conceived as a public service. Theatre was ascribed a transformative role, serving as a form of 'productive' recreation at a time of increasing affluence and leisure. New theatres also contributed to debates about civic pride, urbanity, and community. Ultimately, theatre could be understood as a vehicle for the creation of modern citizens in a consciously modernizing Britain. Through their planning and appearance, new buildings were thought to connote new ideas of theatre's purpose. In parallel, new approaches to staging and writing posed new demands of the auditorium and stage. Yet while recognizing, as contemporaries did, that the new theatres of the post war decades represented change, 'Modern Playhouses' also asks how radically different these buildings really were, and what their 'mainstream' architecture reveals of the history of modern British architecture, and of post-war Britain |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 20, 2018) |
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Theaters -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Architecture, British -- History -- 20th century
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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Architecture, British
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Theaters
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Great Britain
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192534422 |
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0192534424 |
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9780191845406 |
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019184540X |
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