How might an understanding of theatre at Ormesby Hall change existing conceptions of the history and dramaturgy of British theatre?

对奥姆斯比厅戏剧的理解会如何改变英国戏剧历史和戏剧创作的现有观念？

• 批准号: 2740942
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2740942
• 关键词: How; might; understanding; theatre; Ormesby

My research will explore the importance of Ormesby Hall to the development of modern British theatre, whilst analysing the circumstances that have led to it being forgotten. I will focus on Theatre Workshop's time at Ormesby as a hinge: how the social, theatrical, historical and geographical forces acting on the house at this moment created the climate for them to develop their method of collaborative theatremaking. I will demonstrate their impact on British Theatre and reclaim Theatre Workshop's regional identity, often obscured by an emphasis on their later success at Theatre RoyalStratford East and in The West End. This move reflects the economic pressure of the time, that caused the growing influence of the institution of the theatre building and the decline of the travelling repertory company in community spaces. Although an artistic success, the cultural impact of Theatre Workshop has faded since their assimilation and disbanding: contemporary companies have not replicated their model and objectives. The sidelining of Ormesby Hall from theatrical history further reflects the exclusion of amateur and community-based work from mainstream professional practice. An understanding of this period - and its failings - offers an alternative history, a 'what might have been' in British Theatre. With theatres once more returning to issues of regionality, community and methods of working, thisresearch is timely and offers a potential to revive these working methods.

我的研究将探讨奥姆斯比厅的重要性，现代英国戏剧的发展，同时分析的情况下，导致它被遗忘。我将专注于戏剧工作室的时间在奥姆斯比作为一个枢纽：如何社会，戏剧，历史和地理力量作用于房子在这一刻创造了气候，他们发展他们的合作戏剧制作的方法。我将展示他们对英国戏剧的影响，并恢复戏剧工作室的区域身份，往往掩盖了他们后来在皇家斯特拉特福德东区和伦敦西区的成功的重点。这一举动反映了当时的经济压力，这导致了剧院建筑机构的影响力越来越大，以及社区空间中巡回剧目公司的衰落。虽然在艺术上取得了成功，但戏剧工作室的文化影响力随着他们的同化和解散而逐渐消失：当代公司没有复制他们的模式和目标。奥姆斯比厅从戏剧史上的边缘化进一步反映了业余和社区工作被排除在主流专业实践之外。对这一时期及其失败的理解提供了一种另类的历史，一种英国戏剧的“可能”。随着剧院再次回到区域性，社区和工作方法的问题，这项研究是及时的，并提供了恢复这些工作方法的潜力。