National Theatres in a Changing Europe

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Author Preface Series Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction S.E.Wilmer PART 1: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW The Development of National Theatres in Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries S.E.Wilmer National Theatres: Then and Now M.Carlson The National Stage and the Naturalized House: (Trans)National Legitimation in Modern Europe L.Kruger Towards a History of National Theatres in Europe B.McConachie PART 2: FORMATION, FUNCTION, LANGUAGE ISSUES AND IDEOLOGICAL CONTROL A Window to the West: Russian Imperial Theatres J.Listengarten The Abbey Opens: A First Night Revisited B.Levitas The Development of Norway's National Theatres K.Shepherd-Barr Justification as National Throughout Changing Times: The National Theatre of Finland P.Koski Creating and Dismantling the National Theatre in Divided Belgium F.Peeters National on Compulsion: The Moscow Art Theatre L.Senelick Italy: The Fancy of a National Theatre? P.Gaborik PART 3: NEW FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURES IN A CHANGING EUROPE Proliferation and Differentiation of National Theatres in France D.Whitton A National Theatre Decentralized: Sweden's Three and a Half National Theatres R.Hoogland & W.Sauter Aspects of National Theatres in Germany after 1945 T.Irmer The National Theatre and Civic Responsibility in the British Isles M.Coveney Bulgarian National Theatre Ivan Vazov: Traditionally Non-Traditional K.Stefanova The Disappearing Balkans: National Theatres and Geopolitics B.Susec-Michieli Inadequate Subsidy and a Market Economy in the Baltic Countries E.Klivis PART 4: CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY National Theatres Undermined by the Withering of the Nation State D.Klaic The Role of National Theatres in an Age of Globalization J.Reinelt Select Bibliography Index