Mass Theatre in Interwar Europe

Flanders and the Netherlands in an International Perspective

160 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Ideological heterogeneity in mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands In many European countries mass theatre was a widespread expression of 'community art' which became increasingly popular shortly before the First World War. From Max Reinhardt's lavish open-air spectacles to socialist workers' Laienspiel (lay theatre), theatre visionaries focused on ever larger groups for entertainment as well as political agitation.Despite wide research on the Soviet and German cases, examples from the Low Countries have hardly been examined. However, mass plays in Flanders and the Netherlands had a distinctive character, displaying an ideological heterogeneity not seen elsewhere. Mass Theatre in Interwar Europe studies this peculiar phenomenon of the Low Countries in its European context and sheds light on the broader framework of mass movements in the interwar period.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).ContributorsStaf Vos (Het Firmament), Karel Vanhaesebrouck (Université Libre de Bruxelles/Rits), Evelien Jonckheere (Ghent University), Ad van der Logt (Leiden University), Frank Peeters (University of Antwerp)Blog Thomas Crombez - http://tcrombez.wordpress.com/

• Reihe: Leuven University Press
• ISBN: 9789058679925
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.06.2014
• Größe: 287 x 230 mm
• Verlag: Leuven University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Thomas Crombez, Luc Van Den Dries