{"product_id":"theatre-and-war-1933-1945-michael-balfour-9781571814975","title":"Theatre and War 1933-1945: Performance in Extremis","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an April evening in 1934, on the River Arno in Florence, an air squadron, an infantry, a cavalry brigade, fifty trucks, four field and machine gun batteries, ten field radio stations, and six photoelectric units presented a piece of theatre. The mass spectacle, 18 BL involved over two thousand amateur actors and was performed before an audience of twenty thousand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 BL is one of eleven extraordinary essays collected together for the first time. The essays have been selected and edited from a wide range of publications dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. The authors are academics, cultural historians, and theatre practitioners - some with direct experience of the harsh conditions of Europe during the war. Each author critically assesses the function of theatre in times of world crisis, exploring themes of Fascist aesthetic propaganda in Italy and Germany, of theatre re-education programmes in the Gulags of Russia, of cultural \"sustenance\" for the troops at the front and interned German refugees in the UK, or cabaret shows as a currency for survival in Jewish concentration camps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Balfour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571814973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571814975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Michael Balfour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939705880831,"sku":"9781571814975","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4ee2b497-fa65-41d3-986f-5a17b9e2968a.jpg?v=1681443035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-and-war-1933-1945-michael-balfour-9781571814975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}