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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: a personal search for theatre of the people -- Acknowledgments -- The actor-manager's temperament -- Hamlet at the Malvern Festival Theatre, October 1937 -- Selections from Shakespeare at the Strand Theatre, 1940-41 -- Richard III at St. Francis Theatre, Letchworth, September 1941 -- A midsummer night's dream at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff, September 1942 -- The merchant of Venice at the Opera House, Manchester, October 1943 -- King Lear at the Scala Theatre, London, April 1944 -- Twelfth night at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, October 1945 -- Othello at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, November 1946 -- As you like it at His Majesty's Theatre, Montreal, January, March 1947 -- The Merry wives of Windsor at the Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, March 1949 -- Macbeth at the Dudley Hippodrome, October 1950 -- The taming of the shrew at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, April 1953 -- The legacy. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- 1800-1950.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production.
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Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968.
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Theater -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Print version: Raw, Laurence. Theatre of the people : Donald Wolfit's Shakespearean productions, 1937-1953. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] |
| ISBN |
9781442257344 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9781442257351 (e-book) |
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