Theatre in the Chocolate Factory: Performance at Cadbury's Bournville, 1900-1935

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Theatre in the Chocolate Factory by Catherine Hindson A symbol of Britains industrial heyday, Cadburys offered recreational and educational schemes that included an astonishing amount of theatre. Focusing on the staff and performances central to the tale, Catherine Hindson situates theatre at the heart of understanding Cadburys operation and the wider industrial histories it represents. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Providing a new way of thinking about industrialism and its history through the lens of one of Britains most recognisable heritage brands, Catherine Hindson explores the creativity that was at the heart of Cadburys operation in the early twentieth century. Guided by Quaker Capitalism, employees at Bournville took part in recreational and educational activities, enabling imagination to flourish. Amidst this pattern of work and play arose the vibrant phenomenon that was factory theatre, with performances and productions involving tens of thousands of employees as performers and spectators. Home-grown Bournville casts and audiences were supplemented by performers, civic leaders, playwrights, academics, town planners, and celebrities, interweaving industrialists with the citys theatrical and visual arts as well as national entertainment cultures. This interdisciplinary study uncovers the stories of Bournvilles theatre and the employees who made it, considering ground-breaking approaches to mental and physical health and education. Author Biography Catherine Hindson is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her research focuses on how theatre helps us understand societies past, and incorporates topics including celebrity, heritage, ghosts, and well-being. She has previously published two books, Female Performance Practices on the fin-de-siècle stages of London and Paris (2007) and Londons West End Actresses and the Origins of Celebrity Culture, 1880–1920 (2016), the latter of which was shortlisted for the Society for Theatre Researchs Book Prize. Table of Contents Part I. Factory Theatre: 1. Staging Bournvilles spirit: Cadburys industrial performances; 2. Theatre in the Bournville factory: performance at work; Part II. Theatre in the Factory Garden; 3. Marketing fresh air: outdoor performance at Bournvilles factory in the garden; 4. Serious play: John Drinkwaters masques at Bournville; Part III. Theatre, Education, and Worker Wellbeing: 5. Keeping on the right lines: making theatre in Bournvilles recreational societies; 6. Dramatic methods of teaching: theatre and education at Bournville. Review Catherine Hindson draws striking parallels in her conclusion between the corporate ethos cultivated at Cadburys and that nowadays espoused at Legoland, but what is most striking, reading her study, is how thoroughly the world it explores has vanished, not always regrettably. As she points out, what happened at Bournville was not exactly amateur theatre: all these thousands of people were performing, albeit out of hours, in their roles as employees. Cadburys clearly provided them with wonderful facilities for making theatre, but at the same time it conscripted their leisure in order to project a utopian, PR-friendly vision of happy, unalienated collective endeavour. This excellent, richly researched study shows how playing was really part of their work. Michael Dobson, The Times Literary Supplement Promotional Unearthing artistic creativity at the heart of British industrialism, Catherine Hindson tells the story of Bournvilles employee theatre. Details ISBN1009271881 Author Catherine Hindson Pages 280 Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781009271882 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-08-31 NZ Release Date 2023-08-31 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises ISBN-10 1009271881 Publication Date 2023-07-13 Subtitle Performance at Cadburys Bournville, 1900–1935 Alternative 9781009271837 DEWEY 792.094249609041 Audience General UK Release Date 2023-07-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:142690689;

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