Good nights out: a history of popular British theatre since the Second World War
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London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
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Contents Acknowledgements ix A Note on Sources xi Introduction 1 2 3 4 War: Comic, Tragic and Nostalgic While the Sun Shines (1943) 19 Worm’s Eye View ( 1945) 22 Seagulls over Sorrento (1950) 26 Reluctant Heroes (1950) 29 War Horse (2007) 33 Crime: Classical, Farcical and Postmodern 37 The Mousetrap (1952) 39 Simple Spymen (1958) 45 Sleuth (1970) 48 The Business of Murder {19S1) 53 Sex: Comic, Episodic and Ironic 59 There’s a Girl in My Soup ( 1966) 62 Pyjama Tops (1969) 68 Oh! Calcutta! (1969) 72 No Sex Please, Were British (1971) 75 Family: Traditional, Redemptive and Fractured 83 ‘Sailor, Beware!’( 1955) 84 Spring and Port Wine ( 1965) 89 The Man Most Likely To. (1968) 93 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012) 5 1 17 99 - Class: Musical, Parodic and Political 105 Charlie Girl (1965) 108 Daisy Pulls It 0/(1983) 112 Blood Brothers (1983) 116 Billy Elliot the Musical (2005) 121
Contents 6 7 History: Gothic, Edwardian and Pastiche 127 The Phantom of the Opera (1986) 130 The Woman in Black (1987) 135 The 39 Steps (2006) 140 One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) 144 Fantasy: Whimsy, Camp and Sci-fi 149 Salad Days (1954) 149 The Rocky Horror Show (1973) 154 Return to the Forbidden Planet ( !989) 160 Matilda the Musical (2010) 166 Conclusion: Dream Life of the British People 173 Appendix 1: List of New Shows from 1940 Until the End of 2015 with More Than 1,000 Performances (by Run Length) 181 Appendix 2: List of New Shows from 1940 Until the End of 2015 with More Than 1,000 Performances (by Date) 185 Notes 189 Bibliography 211 Index 221
London's West End is a global success story, staging phenomenal hit shows that have delighted millions of spectators and generated billions of pounds in revenue. In Good Nights Out, Aleks Sierz provides a thematic survey of such popular theatre shows that were enormous commercial successes over the past 75 years. He argues that these outstanding hits have a lotto say about the collective cultural, social and political attitudes and aspirations of the country, and about how British national identity and theatre's role in creating it - has evolved over the decades. The book spans a range of work from almost forgotten plays, such as R. F. Delderfield’s Worm's Eye View and Hugh Hastings’s Seagulls Over Sorrento, to well-known mega-hits, such as The Mousetrap and The Phantom of the Opero. Sierz demonstrates that genres such as the British musical, light comedy, sex farce and murder mystery are worth appreciating not only for their intrinsic theatrical qualities, but also as examples of the dream life of the British people. The book challenges the idea that mega-hits are merely escapist entertainments and instead shows how they contribute to the creation of powerful myths about British national life. The analysis of such shows also points towards the possibility of creating an alternative history of postwar British theatre. |
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Contents Acknowledgements ix A Note on Sources xi Introduction 1 2 3 4 War: Comic, Tragic and Nostalgic While the Sun Shines (1943) 19 Worm’s Eye View ( 1945) 22 Seagulls over Sorrento (1950) 26 Reluctant Heroes (1950) 29 War Horse (2007) 33 Crime: Classical, Farcical and Postmodern 37 The Mousetrap (1952) 39 Simple Spymen (1958) 45 Sleuth (1970) 48 The Business of Murder {19S1) 53 Sex: Comic, Episodic and Ironic 59 There’s a Girl in My Soup ( 1966) 62 Pyjama Tops (1969) 68 Oh! Calcutta! (1969) 72 No Sex Please, Were British (1971) 75 Family: Traditional, Redemptive and Fractured 83 ‘Sailor, Beware!’( 1955) 84 Spring and Port Wine ( 1965) 89 The Man Most Likely To. (1968) 93 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012) 5 1 17 99 - Class: Musical, Parodic and Political 105 Charlie Girl (1965) 108 Daisy Pulls It 0/(1983) 112 Blood Brothers (1983) 116 Billy Elliot the Musical (2005) 121
Contents 6 7 History: Gothic, Edwardian and Pastiche 127 The Phantom of the Opera (1986) 130 The Woman in Black (1987) 135 The 39 Steps (2006) 140 One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) 144 Fantasy: Whimsy, Camp and Sci-fi 149 Salad Days (1954) 149 The Rocky Horror Show (1973) 154 Return to the Forbidden Planet ( !989) 160 Matilda the Musical (2010) 166 Conclusion: Dream Life of the British People 173 Appendix 1: List of New Shows from 1940 Until the End of 2015 with More Than 1,000 Performances (by Run Length) 181 Appendix 2: List of New Shows from 1940 Until the End of 2015 with More Than 1,000 Performances (by Date) 185 Notes 189 Bibliography 211 Index 221
London's West End is a global success story, staging phenomenal hit shows that have delighted millions of spectators and generated billions of pounds in revenue. In Good Nights Out, Aleks Sierz provides a thematic survey of such popular theatre shows that were enormous commercial successes over the past 75 years. He argues that these outstanding hits have a lotto say about the collective cultural, social and political attitudes and aspirations of the country, and about how British national identity and theatre's role in creating it - has evolved over the decades. The book spans a range of work from almost forgotten plays, such as R. F. Delderfield’s Worm's Eye View and Hugh Hastings’s Seagulls Over Sorrento, to well-known mega-hits, such as The Mousetrap and The Phantom of the Opero. Sierz demonstrates that genres such as the British musical, light comedy, sex farce and murder mystery are worth appreciating not only for their intrinsic theatrical qualities, but also as examples of the dream life of the British people. The book challenges the idea that mega-hits are merely escapist entertainments and instead shows how they contribute to the creation of powerful myths about British national life. The analysis of such shows also points towards the possibility of creating an alternative history of postwar British theatre. |
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