Heinrich Theatre in Europe Under German Occupation

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-62887-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

The Second World War went beyond previous military conflicts. It was not only about specific geographical gains or economic goals, but also about the brutal and lasting reshaping of Europe.

Theatre in Europe under German Occupation explores the ultimately unsuccessful part that theatre played in Nazi propaganda. Using a case-study approach, it illustrates the crucial and heavily subsidised role of theatre as a cultural extension of the military machine, key to Nazi Germany’s total war effort. Covering theatres in Oslo, Riga, Lille, Lodz, Krakow, Warsaw, Prague, Belgrade, The Hague, and Kiev, Anselm Heinrich looks at the history and context of their operation, the wider political, cultural and propagandistic implications in view of their function in wartime, and their legacies.

Theatre in Europe under German Occupation focuses for the first time on Nazi Germany’s attempts to control and shape the cultural sector in occupied territories, shedding new light on the importance of theatre for the regime’s military and political goals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heinrich, Anselm

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Andere Darstellende Künste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Discourses

Origins

Occupation

- Beginnings

- Subsidies

- Titles, Benefits, Salaries

- Investment in Material Conditions

- Repertoires

- Audiences

- Aesthetics

- Programme Notes

- Germanisierung

- Battling Stakeholders, Competing Influences

- Problems and Inconsistencies

- Theatre and Holocaust

Aftermath

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Anselm Heinrich is the Head of Theatre Studies, in the School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow.