The Ecologies of Amateur Theatre

• Main Authors: Nicholson, Helen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Holdsworth, Nadine (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Milling, Jane (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Theater.; Theatre and Performance Studies.

This book is the first major study of amateur theatre, offering new perspectives on its place in the cultural and social life of communities. Historically informed, it traces how amateur theatre has impacted national repertoires, contributed to diverse creative economies, and responded to changing p...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Ecologies of Amateur Theatre
• 2. Valuing Amateur Theatre
• 3. Amateur Repertoires
• 4. Amateur Theatre,Place and Place-Making
• 5. Making Time for Amateur Theatre: Work, Labour and Free Time
• 6. Making Amateur Theatre
• 7. Amateur Theatre: Heritage and Invented Traditions
• 8. Theatre and the Amateur Turn: Future Ecologies.