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Poore, Benjamin, (1971-)

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Heritage, nostalgia and modern British theatre = staging the Victorians /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Heritage, nostalgia and modern British theatre/ Benjamin Poore.
Reminder of title:	staging the Victorians /
Author:	Poore, Benjamin,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 232 p.)
[NT 15003449]:	List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Staging the Victorians -- Staging the Bad Old Days -- Staging the Empire -- Staging Dickens -- Staging Life Stories -- Staging the Bron{llig}ts -- Staging Hauntings -- Restaging the Victorians -- Notes -- Bibliography.
[NT 15003449]:	Introduction: staging the Victorians: angry ghosts -- Staging the bad old days -- Staging the empire -- Staging Dickens -- Staging life stories -- Staging the Bront{uml}es -- Staging hauntings -- Conclusion: restaging the Victorians.
Subject:	Historical drama, English - History and criticism. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Biography -
Online resource:	http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230360143
ISBN:	9780230360143 (electronic bk.)

Heritage, nostalgia and modern British theatre = staging the Victorians /
Poore, Benjamin,1971-

Heritage, nostalgia and modern British theatrestaging the Victorians /[electronic resource] :Benjamin Poore. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (ix, 232 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Staging the Victorians -- Staging the Bad Old Days -- Staging the Empire -- Staging Dickens -- Staging Life Stories -- Staging the Bron{llig}ts -- Staging Hauntings -- Restaging the Victorians -- Notes -- Bibliography.

The Victorians, having once been seen as 'them', the age responsible for the mistakes of the past, were transformed by the new theatrical forms of the 1960s into 'us', a metaphor for what the nation thinks (and fears) about itself. And, since the 1980s and the rise of new biographical forms in the theatre, the emphasis has shifted further, from 'we' to 'me': plays about individuals, great and small, and their struggles for personal validation. This study argues powerfully that the stage portrayal of the Victorians in recent times is a key reference point in understanding notions of Britishness, heritage and nostalgia, and the profound politicisation of national identity over the last four decades. Using many examples drawn from theatre archives, and throwing new light on works by canonical playwrights like Bond, Edgar, and Churchill, it charts the decline in class-based narratives of the British people and the move towards plays reflecting a more atomised, individuated society, preoccupied with identity and the past but no longer able to provide a convincing account of itself as a nation.

ISBN: 9780230360143 (electronic bk.)

Source: 506671Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

593063
Historical drama, English
--History and criticism.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

3263449
Great Britain
--BiographyIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR739.H5 / P68 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 822/.05109

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