Bertolt Brecht turned to cabaret; Ariane Mnouchkine went to the circus; Joan Littlewood wanted to open a palace of fun. These were a few of the directors who tu

" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West

Covers the development of musicals, from the earliest European operetta styles of France and Germany to the modern musical of the United States and Britain.

This book offers a concise history of popular theatre since the early twentieth century. Using key popular culture theories and critical perspectives, Jason Pri

Annotation The first comparative study on the history and practice of popular theatre in Britain, Canada and overseas, incorporating the individual contribution