We are pleased to announce the publication of the most recent volume in the series Transnational Theatre Histories (www.palgrave.com/it/series/14397) which explores the complex geopolitical and cultural imbrications of a globalising theatre culture against the backdrop of the Cold War.
The book examines how the Cold War had a far-reaching impact on theatre by presenting a range of current scholarship on the topic from scholars from a dozen countries. They represent in turn a variety of perspectives, methodologies and theatrical genres, including not only Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brook, but also Polish folk-dancing, documentary theatre and opera production. The contributions demonstrate that there was much more at stake and a much larger investment of ideological and economic capital than a simple dichotomy between East versus West or socialism versus capitalism might suggest. Culture, and theatrical culture in particular with its high degree of representational power, was recognized as an important medium in the ideological struggles that characterize this epoch. Most importantly, the volume explores how theatre can be reconceptualized in terms of transnational or even global processes which, it will be argued, were an integral part of Cold War rivalries.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Introduction
Balme, Christopher B. (et al.)
Pages 1-22
A Cold War Battleground: Catfish Row versus the Nevsky Prospekt
Canning, Charlotte M.
Pages 25-43
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Spirituals, Serfs, and Soviets: Paul Robeson and International Race Policy in the Soviet Union at the Start of the Cold War
Silsby, Christopher
Pages 45-57
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The Politics of an International Reputation: The Berliner Ensemble as a GDR Theatre on Tour
Barnett, David
Pages 59-71
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‘A tour to the West could bring a lot of trouble…’—The Mazowsze State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble during the First Period of the Cold War
Szymanski-Düll, Berenika
Pages 73-85
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Song and Dance Ensembles in Central European Militaries: The Spread, Transformation and Retreat of a Soviet Model
Šmidrkal, Václav
Pages 87-106
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Theatre, Propaganda and the Cold War: Peter Brook’s Midsummer Night’s Dream in Eastern Europe (1972)
Imre, Zoltán
Pages 107-129
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MI5 Surveillance of British Cold War Theatre
Smith, James
Pages 133-150
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Creating an International Community during the Cold War
Korsberg, Hanna
Pages 151-163
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The Cultural Cold War on the Home Front: The Political Role of Theatres in Communist Kraków and Leipzig
Kunakhovich, Kyrill
Pages 165-186
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Years of Compromise and Political Servility—Kantor and Grotowski during the Cold War
Michalak, Karolina Prykowska
Pages 189-205
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‘A Memorable French-Romanian Evening’: Nationalism and the Cold War at the Theatre of Nations Festival
Szeman, Ioana
Pages 207-221
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An Eastern Bloc Cultural Figure? Brecht’s Reception by Young Left-wingers in Greece in the 1970s
Papadogiannis, Nikolaos
Pages 223-238
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Acting on the Cold War: Imperialist Strategies, Stanislavsky, and Brecht in German Actor Training after 1945
Klöck, Anja
Pages 239-257
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Checkpoint Music Drama
Stauss, Sebastian
Pages 259-270
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Whose Side Are You On? Cold War Trajectories in Eritrean Drama Practice, 1970s to Early 1990s
Matzke, Christine
Pages 273-292
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‘How close is Angola to us?’ Peter Weiss’s Play Song of the Lusitanian Bogeyman in the Shadow of the Cold War
Hoogland, Rikard
Pages 293-306
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Manila and the World Dance Space: Nationalism and Globalization in Cold War Philippines and South East Asia
yamomo, meLê (et al.)
Pages 307-323
https://www.palgrave.com/it/book/9783319480831#aboutBook
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Christopher Balme (23. Juni 2017). Theatre, Globalization and the Cold War. Global Theatre Histories. Abgerufen am 5. Dezember 2024 von https://doi.org/10.58079/pcra
