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Theatre, Globalization and the Cold War

Part of the Transnational Theatre Histories Book Series

Editors: Balme, Christopher B.; Szymanski-Düll, Berenika

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48084-8

ISBN: 978-3-319-48083-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 6, 2017

1 - 10 of 18 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Balme, Christopher B.; Szymanski-Düll, Berenika

Pages: 1 –22

[The introduction explores how recent developments in the shift towards a global and transnational history provide the historiographical framework of the volume. It discusses under what conditions, criteria and concepts one can conceptualize theatre history in the context of the Cold War as a...
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A Cold War Battleground: Catfish Row versus the Nevsky Prospekt

Canning, Charlotte M.

Pages: 25 –43

[On 26 December 1955 the first US theatrical production to perform in the Soviet Union opened in Leningrad. In January, the Everyman Opera production of Porgy and Bess ran in Moscow for eight days, then moved to Poland and Czechoslovakia. The African American cast was the toast of the Soviet...
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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

[From Paul Robeson’s first visit to the Soviet Union in 1934 until the revocation of his passport in 1950, the early years of the Cold War transformed the artist from a figure of broad US acclaim to the object of anti-communist investigations. Performances were simultaneously informed by the...
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The Politics of an International Reputation: The Berliner Ensemble as a GDR Theatre on Tour

Barnett, David

Pages: 59 –71

[The Berliner Ensemble (BE), founded by Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel on 1 September 1949 in what was soon to become East Berlin, is one of the most internationally recognised theatre companies of the twentieth century. This essay will examine how the BE attained such a position and will...
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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

[During the Cold War, the folklore genre became famous thanks to various touring ensembles from socialist Eastern Europe. One of the most popular was the Mazowsze State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble established in 1948 by decree of the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art. This essay focuses on the...
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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

[Using the examples of Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Poland, this article explores the professional song and dance ensembles of the socialist militaries as a transnational phenomenon that spread in these countries after World War II. The institution of the song and dance ensemble originated in...
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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

[Though Peter Brook’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was originally premiered on 27 August 1970 at Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1972 it was chosen by the British Council for an East European tour, and the company performed it in Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb and Warsaw. The...
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MI5 Surveillance of British Cold War Theatre

Smith, James

Pages: 133 –150

[While it is well known that for much of the twentieth century Britain’s theatres were subjected to extensive state regulation from the Lord Chamberlain, the involvement of covert agencies has been explored less often. This chapter draws on recently released files from Britain’s intelligence...
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Creating an International Community during the Cold War

Korsberg, Hanna

Pages: 151 –163

[As the Cold War was fought on battlegrounds of rhetoric and impressions, culture had an important role to play in the process. The International Theatre Institute (ITI) founded in 1948, was a community with members from the two opposing camps of East and West. As a result, the Eighth Congress of...
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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

[Most studies of the cultural Cold War explore moments of encounter between East and West, at international festivals or on foreign tours. This chapter, by contrast, calls attention to the constant battles fought on the ‘home front’: in theatres behind the Iron Curtain. Throughout the Soviet...

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