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_b.S54 2015
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100 1 _aSierz, Aleks,
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe time-traveller's guide to British theatre :
_bthe first four hundred years /
_cAleks Sierz and Lia Ghilardi ; with illustrations by James Illman.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bOberon Books Ltd,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015
300 _axiv, 303 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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501 _aP.B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index.
505 0 _aTimeline -- Elizabethan theatre (1550-1603) -- Jacobean theatre (1603-1642) -- Restoration theatre (1660-1714) -- Georgian theatre (1714-1780) -- Regency theatre (1780-1837) -- Victorian theatre (1837-1901) -- Edwardian theatre (1901-1918) -- Modern theatre (1918-1955).
520 _a"British theatre is booming. London's Theatreland is an economic powerhouse and British actors are the toast of Hollywood. But where did it all start and how did we get here? To find out we time travel back four hundred years when there was not a single theatre in the land. This is where the story of British theatre starts, with the invention of new secular plays performed before large urban audiences. Beginning with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I, Aleks Sierz and Lia Ghilardi trace the history of theatre from its lowly, lawless origins in London's notorious Bankside, to the Festival of Britain and the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Lively and based on extensive research, The Time Traveller's Guide to British Theatre explores our rich and living heritage, covering all the great names - from Shakespeare to Terence Rattigan, by way of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw - and the classic plays, many of which are revived today. It visits the venues and tells their dramatic stories. At every stage of this epic journey a fictional guide - each with their own idiosyncrasies and personal prejudices - introduces our intrepid travellers to the characters, controversies, gossip, stages and plays that made four centuries of headlines"--Back cover.
650 0 _aTheater
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
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700 1 _aGhilardi, Lia,
_eauthor.
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700 1 _aIllman, James,
_eillustrator.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016387663-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1618/2016387663-d.html
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