| Description |
xiv, 444 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Australian playwrights ; monograph no. 10 |
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Australian playwrights ; monograph no. 10
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| Contents |
Sect. 1. Establishing a context -- Ch. 1. Towards a national theatre? -- Ch. 2. National infrastructures : the workings of the Australia council, major national companies and service organisations -- Ch. 3. Playing the states and territories -- Sect. 2. Limited theatre : the first wave 1953-c1969 -- Ch. 4. Setting the scene : commercial and amateur theatre before 1953 -- Ch. 5. The beginnings of professional repertory theatres and festivals -- Ch. 6. The trust and the beginnings of national and state government infrastructure -- Ch. 7. Early professional alternative theatres -- Sect. 3. Unlimited theatre : the second wave 1966-1981 -- Ch. 8. The Australian imperative : the rise of alternative theatre -- Ch. 9. The Australia council and government infrastructures in the 1970s -- Ch. 10. Still in town : new and old mainstream theatre in the 1970s faces the challenge of a new era -- Ch. 11. Bricks and mortar : arts centres and theatre building -- Ch. 12. Decentralisation : the beginnings of regional theatre -- Ch. 13. A next wave sighted : community theatre and cultural democracy -- Sect. 4. The third wave 1980-1998 : theatre limited -- Ch. 14. Commercial theatre, musicals rampant, and changing mainstream fortunes in the 1980s and 1990s -- Ch. 15. More (and more) alternatives -- Ch. 16. Enriching and weeding out Australian theatre in the third wave -- Ch. 17. Against the stream or beyond the fringe : professional co-operative companies -- Ch. 18. Buildings and regional theatre : bricks and mortar or flesh and blood? -- Ch. 19. Access or excellence? Changes in community theatre and subsidy policy -- Ch. 20. Blurring the boundaries : new forms collide with old -- Ch. 21. Festival fever : showcasing theatre |
| Summary |
"Theatre Australia (Un)limited is the first comprehensive overview of the fortunes of Australian theatre as a national enterprise, providing the industrial analysis of the 'three waves' essential for the understanding of the New Wave and of contemporary drama."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Series editor, Veronica Kelly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 403 - 412) and index |
| Subject |
Theater -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Theater -- Australia -- History.
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Australian drama -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9042009306 |
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