The British `New Wave' of dramatists, actors and directors in the late 1950s and 1960s created a defining moment in post-war theatre. British Realist Theatre is

The British `New Wave' of dramatists, actors and directors in the late 1950s and 1960s created a defining moment in post-war theatre. British Realist Theatre is

The new theatre was regarded as a realist theatre, dramatising the social experience of a working-class under threat from the new prosperity. However, despite t

This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined his

Examines debates central to postwar British culture, showing the pressures of reconstruction and the mutual implication of war and peace.