British Theatre Companies: 1965-1979

This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context; an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period and detailed case studies of six of the major companies drawing on the Arts Council Archives to trace the impact of funding on the work produced.19651979 covers the period often accepted as the ''golden age'' of British Fringe companies looking at the birth of companies concerned with touring their work to an ever-expanding circuit of ''alternative'' performance venues. Leading academics provide case studies of six of the most important companies including:* CAST by Bill McDonnell (University of Sheffield UK)* The People Show by Grant Tyler Peterson (Brunel University London UK)* Portable Theatre by Chris Megson (Royal Holloway University of London UK)* Pip Simmons Theatre Group by Kate Dorney (The Victoria and Albert Museum UK)* Welfare State International by Gillian Whitely (Loughborough University UK)* 7:84 Theatre Companies by David Pattie (University of Chester UK).