Abstract
Together with its ally France, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September 1939. After a brief campaign during which Poland was defeated, the Germans settled down to build up their military machine undisturbed, biding their time until the spring of 1940, when they suddenly launched an attack on Belgium, Holland and France.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Robert Hewison, Under Siege (London: Quartet, 1979) p. 29.
W. A. Darlington, The Actor and His Audience (London: Phoenix House, 1949) p. 170.
‘A Violinist’, ‘A Tour with CEMA’ in Our Time, no. 7 (September 1941) p. 18.
See ‘The Arts in War and Peace’ in Janet Minihan, The Nationalization of Culture (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977).
John Casson, Lewis and Sybil (London: Collins, 1972) p. 218.
Edward J. Dent, A Theatre for Everybody (London: Boardman, 1945) p. 125.
Unity Theatre leaflet held at Marx Memorial Library, London.
Travis, op. cit., pp. 107–8.
Travis, op. cit., p. 130.
John Hill, ‘Towards a Scottish People’s Theatre: the Rise and Fall of Glasgow Unity’ in Theatre Quarterly (Autumn 1977) p. 62.
Minihan, op. cit., p. 226.
Bernard Miles, The British Theatre (London: Collins, 1948) p. 10.
Donald Wolfit, First Interval (London: Odhams, 1954) p. 215.
A. C. T. White, The Story of Army Education 1643–1963 (London: Harrap, 1963) p. 112.
N. Scarlyn Wilson, Education in the Forces (London: Year Book of Education, 1948) p. 70;
Army Education Scheme, Arts, Crafts, Music and Drama (London: War Office, 1945) p. 75.
William Harrington and Peter Young, The 1945 Revolution (London: Davis-Poynter, 1978) p. 51.
T. H. Hawkins and L. J. F. Brimble, Adult Education: The Record of the British Army (London: Macmillan, 1947) p. 172.
Jack Lindsay, After the Thirties (London: Lawrence and Wishart: 1956) p. 61.
Churchill’s intervention — interview with Jack Lindsay, July 1979; Ernest Sigler quoted in Robert Hewison, op. cit. p. 163.
Tuckett, op. cit., p. 1.
Kemp, op. cit., p. 112.
Jack Lindsay, British Achievement in Art and Music (London: Pilot Press, 1945) p. 21.
Eric Capon, ‘A Citizen’s Theatre is Founded’ in Million (Glasgow: n.d.) p. 37.
Many are detailed in Ann Lindsay, The Theatre (London: Bodley Head, 1948).
e.g. by Lindsay, op. cit., p. 45.
Copyright information
© 1987 Andrew Davies
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Davies, A. (1987). The War Years. In: Other Theatres. Communications and Culture. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18723-2_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18723-2_8
Publisher Name: Palgrave, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-32435-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-18723-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)