British theatre companies: from fringe to mainstream [three book series]
- Submitting institution
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University of Lincoln
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 25816
- Type
- T - Other
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- Brief description of type
- Three-volume book series
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- December
- Year
- 2016
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This three-volume Bloomsbury Methuen series was jointly curated by Bull and Saunders, with individual volumes overseen by Bull (Vol.1), Saunders (Vol.2), and Tomlin (Vol.3). Each editor also contributed a substantial introduction to their respective volume, establishing historical, political, and cultural contexts. The submission is double-weighted to reflect Bull’s extensive contribution.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This three-volume Bloomsbury Methuen series was jointly curated by Bull and Saunders, with individual volumes overseen by Bull (Vol.1), Saunders (Vol.2), and Tomlin (Vol.3). Each editor also contributed a substantial introduction to their respective volume, establishing historical, political, and cultural contexts. The submission is double-weighted to reflect Bull’s extensive contribution.
The research arose from the AHRC project ‘Giving Voice to the Nation: The Arts Council of Great Britain and the development of Theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995’ (2009-14), capitalizing on the recent acquisition of more than 250,000 previously unavailable Arts Council files by the Victoria and Albert Museum. For volume one, Bull focused on the growth of alternative theatre, mapping the most detailed evidence yet of the history, financing and management of the developing fringe and alternative sector between 1965-1979. Saunders continued the study of alternative voices throughout the Thatcher period in Volume Two, noting especially the work of feminist, black, and Asian practitioners. In the third volume, Tomlin explored a period defined by Lottery funding and an arts ecology that reconfigured mainstream theatre practices. Each volume also includes six case studies commissioned by the series editors. The series not only rewrites the history of alternative theatre in Britain, but also explores the relationship, and frequent tensions, between the Arts Council and new companies relying on its support. The research documents significant developments in new writing; new theatre spaces; new theatrical styles and genres; the birth of the fringe, the development of feminist theatre, gay and lesbian theatre companies and work; and the encouragement of minority voices in British theatre. Findings were disseminated in three International conferences, interim symposia, other conference contributions, published articles, two PhDs, a series of historical seminars at the Arts Council, and a presentation to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the future of regional theatres.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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