Title: Theatre as a weapon : workers' theatre in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Britain, 1917-1934 /
Authors: Stourac, Richard.; McCreery, Kathleen.
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Workers' theater Europe.; Theater Political aspects.
Contents: Pt. 1: We are the Blue Blouse.....worker's theatre in the USSR -- The roar of the dynamo -- From the reformers to the revolutionaries: sources and influences -- Born of the press -- Pt. 2: Hello! State power! Worker's theatre in Germany -- The origins of German agitprop -- Agitate! A movement evolves -- Propaganda--coping with the crisis -- Towards a popular theatre -- Pt. 3: Theatre of attack: worker's theatre in Britian -- From Luddite melodrama to the worker's theatre movement -- The old world's crashing -- The heyday of the WTM -- Return to the curtain stage--the decline of the WTM -- Achievements and weaknesses.