State of the Nation

Informationen zum Autor Michael Billington has been theatre critic of the Guardian since 1971 and of Country Life since 1986. He is the author of biographies of Harold Pinter (newly revised this year) and Peggy Ashcroft! of critical studies of Tom Stoppard and Alan Ayckbourn! of a celebration of Ken Dodd and a collection of reviews! One Night Stands . He has also edited Directors' Shakespeare: Twelfth Night and Stage and Screen Lives selected from the Dictionary of National Biography . He frequently lectures and broadcasts on the arts! teaches drama for the University of Pennsylvania and is a Visiting Professor at King's College! London and an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College! Oxford. Klappentext State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective. State of the Nation , by Michael Billington, is a challenging look at the vast upheavals that have taken place in Britain and its theatre since the Second World War from perhaps the era's foremost critic. Zusammenfassung State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective.

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State of the Nation, by Michael Billington, is a challenging look at the vast upheavals that have taken place in Britain and its theatre since the Second World War from perhaps the era's foremost critic.

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Michael Billington has been theatre critic of the Guardian since 1971 and of Country Life since 1986. He is the author of biographies of Harold Pinter (newly revised this year) and Peggy Ashcroft, of critical studies of Tom Stoppard and Alan Ayckbourn, of a celebration of Ken Dodd and a collection of reviews, One Night Stands. He has also edited Directors' Shakespeare: Twelfth Night and Stage and Screen Lives selected from the Dictionary of National Biography. He frequently lectures and broadcasts on the arts, teaches drama for the University of Pennsylvania and is a Visiting Professor at King's College, London and an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford.

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State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective.