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Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company: Creativity and the Institution

By Colin Chambers

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780415212021, 0415212022
LCC
PN2596.S82 R684 2004
Open Library ID
OL22576895M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1178057 bytes)
Pages
280\277
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is the inside story of the Royal Shakespeare Company - a running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, as related by a writer who is uniquely placed to tell the tale. It describes what happened to a radical theatrical vision and explores British society's inability to sustain that vision. Spanning four decades and four artistic directors, Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company is a multi-layered chronicle that traces the company's history, offers investigation into its working methods, its repertoire, its people and its politics, and considers what the future holds for this bastion of high culture now in crisis. Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company is compelling reading for anyone who wishes to explore behind the scenes and consider the changing role of theatre in modern cultural life. It offers a timely analysis of the fight for creative expression within any artistic or cultural organisation, and a vital document of our times.

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