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State of the nation : British theatre since 1945 by Billington, Michael, 1939- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><i>State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945</i> looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective. It examines the constant interplay between theatre and society from the resurgent optimism of the Attlee years to the satire boom of the Sixties and the growth of political theatre under Tony Blair in the post-Iraq period. Featuring detailed evaluations of writers from J. B. Priestly and Terence Rattigan to Alan Bennett and David Hare, Billington is continuously insightful and incis
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- Author
- Billington, Michael, 1939-
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber : [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571210343
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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