Post-War British Theatre Criticism (Routledge Revivals)

This book, first published in 1981, sets out the critical reaction to some fifty key post-war productions of the British theatre, as gauged primarily through the contemporary reviews of theatre critics. This book is ideal for theatre studies students, as well as for the general theatre-goer.

Introduction; The Old Vic at the New Theatre; Richard III; Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2; Oedipus and The Critic; An Inspector Calls; Love's Labours Lost; The Three Estates; The Cocktail Party; A Streetcar Named Desire; Guys and Dolls; Hamlet (Old Vic); Marching Song; The Prisoner; Separate Tables; Waiting for Godot; Titus Andronicus; Look Back in Anger; The Birthday Party; Brand; Roots; Oliver!; The Devils; Oh, What a Lovely War; Alfie; A Severed Head; The Wars of the Roses; The Recruiting Officer; Othello; The Royal Hunt of the Sun; The Morat/Sade; The Homecoming; Hamlet (RSC, Stratford); Armstrong's Last Goodnight; Saved; Suite in 3 Keys; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Oh! Calcutta!; The Philanthropist; A Midsummer's Night's Dream; Long Day's Journey Into Night; The Misanthrope; Equus; Flowers; The Norman Conquests; Hamlet (RSC, Other Place); Three Sisters; Betrayal; Index