{"product_id":"theatre-and-war-1933-1945-performance-in-extremis-9781571814975","title":"Theatre and War 1933-1945: Performance in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tOn an April evening in 1934, on the River Arno in Florence, an air squadron, an infantry, a cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field radio stations, and six photoelectric units presented a piece of theatre. The mass spectacle, 18 BL involved over two thousand amateur actors and was performed before an audience of twenty thousand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t18 BL is one of eleven extraordinary essays collected together for the first time. The essays have been selected and edited from a wide range of publications dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. The authors are academics, cultural historians, and theatre practitioners - some with direct experience of the harsh conditions of Europe during the war. Each author critically assesses the function of theatre in times of world crisis, exploring themes of Fascist aesthetic propaganda in Italy and Germany, of theatre re-education programmes in the Gulags of Russia, of cultural \"sustenance\" for the troops at the front and interned German refugees in the UK, or cabaret shows as a currency for survival in Jewish concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: THE AESTHETICS OF FASCISM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Adventures of Mother Cartridge-Pouch\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey T. Schnapp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Theatre and Politics of the Mussolini Regime\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePietro Cavallo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eTowards an Aesthetic of Fascist Opera\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eErik Levi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eHitler’s Theatre\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBruce Zortman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: THEATRE, OCCUPATION AND CURFEW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe War Years\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndrew Davies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Role of Joan of Arc on the Stage of Occupied Paris 65\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGabriel Jacobs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: THEATRE BEHIND BARBED WIRE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Refugee Theatre in British Internment 83\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlan Clarke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eThespis Behind the Wire – A Personal Recollection\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGeorge Brandt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Muses in Gulag\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cabaret in Concentration Camps\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Jelavich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: THEATRE AT THE FRONT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Brigades at the Front\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoseph Macleod\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041421689175,"sku":"9781571814975","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571814975.jpg?v=1750950211","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theatre-and-war-1933-1945-performance-in-extremis-9781571814975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}