Theatre with a Purpose: Amateur Drama in Britain 1919-1949

by Don Watson

This study of British amateur theatre in the inter-war period examines five different but interwoven examples of the belief, common in theatrical and educational circles at the time, that amateur drama had a purpose beyond recreation.

Amateur theatre was at the height of its popularity as a cultural practice between the wars, so that by 1939 more British people had practical experience of putting on plays than at any time before or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350232041
• ISBN13: 9781350232044
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"