| Oh What a Lovely War Contributor(s): Littlewood, Joan (Author), Littlewood, Joan (Editor), Lewis, Steve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0413775461 ISBN-13: 9780413775467 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: A theatrical chronicle of the First World War, "Oh What A Lovely War" is told through the songs and documents of the period. Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop was set up at the end of World War II. In 1953 they moved into the old Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London and remained there for the next 11 years, during which time they built up an international reputation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Series: Methuen Student Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fully annotated student edition of a modern classic Oh What a Lovely War is a theatrical chronicle of the First World War, told through the songs and documents of the period. First performed by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London in 1963, it received the acclaim of London audiences and critics. It won the Grand Prix of the Théâtre des Nations festival in Paris that year and has gone on to become a classic of the modern theatre. In 1969 a film version was made which extended the play's popular success. The play is now on the standard reading list of schools and universities around the UK and was revived by the Royal National Theatre in 1998. |
Contributor Bio(s): Megson, Chris: - CHRIS MEGSON is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. His recent publications include The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays (2010); his book on The Seventies, for 'Methuen's Decades of Modern British Playwrighting' series, is forthcoming in 2012. He has published widely on British theatre culture since 1968 and documentary/Tribunal theatre. |