The first detailed study of the major programme of theatre-building in Britain between the 1950s and the 1980s, Modern Playhouses draws on a vast range of archival material to present the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance but also to culture, citizenship, and the modern city.
The first detailed study of the major programme of theatre-building in Britain between the 1950s and the 1980s, Modern Playhouses draws on a vast range of archival material to present the history of post-war theatre buildings as a history of ideas relating not only to performance but also to culture, citizenship, and the modern city.
Alistair Fair is Reader in Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. He is a specialist in the history of British architecture since 1945, with a particular interest in public and institutional buildings.
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* Introduction: 'The Pattern is Now Quite Different' * 1: 'An Instrument of Policy and Something Socially Desirable': Public Funding and Theatre * 2: 'Housing the Arts': Funding Capital Projects * 3: Towards a New Theatre Architecture, 1945-1960 * 4: 'The Second Positive Stage': Modern Public Buildings, c.1958-1971 * 5: 'A New Image of the Town Centre': Theatres, Civic Pride, and Urbanity * 6: 'The Modern Concept of a Community Theatre': The Social Centre * 7: 'At the End of a Boom'? Frugality and Contextualism, c.1968-1985 * 8: 'Theatre of the Future': Rethinking the Auditorium * 9: 'The Most Revolutionary Thing?' Modern Proscenium-arch and End-stage Auditoria * 10: Escaping From Boarded Concrete and Modern Finishes'? Impermanency, Mobility, Rehabilitation - And Emulation * Conclusions: 'Out Of Its Sick Bed'
* Introduction: 'The Pattern is Now Quite Different' * 1: 'An Instrument of Policy and Something Socially Desirable': Public Funding and Theatre * 2: 'Housing the Arts': Funding Capital Projects * 3: Towards a New Theatre Architecture, 1945-1960 * 4: 'The Second Positive Stage': Modern Public Buildings, c.1958-1971 * 5: 'A New Image of the Town Centre': Theatres, Civic Pride, and Urbanity * 6: 'The Modern Concept of a Community Theatre': The Social Centre * 7: 'At the End of a Boom'? Frugality and Contextualism, c.1968-1985 * 8: 'Theatre of the Future': Rethinking the Auditorium * 9: 'The Most Revolutionary Thing?' Modern Proscenium-arch and End-stage Auditoria * 10: Escaping From Boarded Concrete and Modern Finishes'? Impermanency, Mobility, Rehabilitation - And Emulation * Conclusions: 'Out Of Its Sick Bed'
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