Screen LibraryNational theatres in a changing Europe
Examining the ways in which national theatres have formed and evolved over time, this new collection highlights the difficulties these institutions encounter today, in an environment where nationalism and national identity are increasingly contested by global, transnational and local agendas, and wh...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in international performance. |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230582910 |
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Examining the ways in which national theatres have formed and evolved over time, this new collection highlights the difficulties these institutions encounter today, in an environment where nationalism and national identity are increasingly contested by global, transnational and local agendas, and where economic forces create conflicting demands. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 280 p. |
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9780230521094 9780230582910 : 0230582915 : |
| CLC: | J809.5 |
| Contents: | Author Preface Series Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction-- S.E.Wilmer PART 1: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW The Development of National Theatres in Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries-- S.E.Wilmer National Theatres: Then and Now-- M.Carlson The National Stage and the Naturalized House: (Trans)National Legitimation in Modern Europe-- L.Kruger Towards a History of National Theatres in Europe-- B.McConachie PART 2: FORMATION, FUNCTION, LANGUAGE ISSUES AND IDEOLOGICAL CONTROL A Window to the West: Russian Imperial Theatres-- J.Listengarten The Abbey Opens: A First Night Revisited-- B.Levitas The Development of Norway's National Theatres-- K.Shepherd-Barr Justification as National Throughout Changing Times: The National Theatre of Finland-- P.Koski Creating and Dismantling the National Theatre in Divided Belgium-- F.Peeters National on Compulsion: The Moscow Art Theatre-- L.Senelick Italy: The Fancy of a National Theatre?-- P.Gaborik PART 3: NEW FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES IN A CHANGING EUROPE Proliferation and Differentiation of National Theatres in France-- D.Whitton A National Theatre Decentralized: Sweden's Three and a Half National Theatres-- R.Hoogland & W.Sauter Aspects of National Theatres in Germany after 1945-- T.Irmer The National Theatre and Civic Responsibility in the British Isles-- M.Coveney Bulgarian National Theatre "Ivan Vazov": Traditionally Non-Traditional-- K.Stefanova The Disappearing Balkans: National Theatres and Geopolitics-- B.Susec-Michieli Inadequate Subsidy and a Market Economy in the Baltic Countries-- E.Klivis PART 4: CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY National Theatres Undermined by the Withering of the Nation State-- D.Klaic The Role of National Theatres in an Age of Globalization-- J.Reinelt Select Bibliography Index. |