After the Miners’ Strike: A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1

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dc.contributorPREFACE_BY: Hillman, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorFarmer, Paul
dc.contributor.authorKilburn, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-16T13:41:25Z
dc.date.available2024-05-16T13:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-27
dc.date.updated2024-05-16T13:41:25Z
dc.descriptionPublication status: ACTIVE
dc.description.abstractIn this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39’s creation, operation, and artistic practice during a period of convulsive political and social change. The reader is plunged into the national miners’ strike and the collapse of Cornish tin mining, the impact of Thatcherism and ‘Reaganomics’, and the experience of touring Germany on the brink of reunification, alongside the influence on A39 of writers Bertolt Brecht, John McGrath and Keith Johnstone. Farmer, a former bus driver turned artistic director, details the theatre group’s inception and development as it fought to break down social barriers, attract audiences, and survive with little more than a beaten-up Renault 12, a photocopier and two second-hand stage lights at its disposal: the book traces the progress from these raw materials to the development of an integrated community theatre practice for Cornwall. Farmer’s candour and humour enliven this unique insight into 1980s theatre and politics. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in theatre history, life in Cornwall, and the relationship between performance and society during a turbulent era.
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0329
dc.identifier.isbn9781800649125
dc.identifier.isbn9781800649132
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dc.identifier.isbn9781800649187
dc.identifier.isbn9781800649170
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dc.identifier.urihttps://thoth-arch.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1811/33
dc.languageENG
dc.publisherOpen Book Publishers
dc.subject1DBKE
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dc.subjectAFKP
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dc.subjectJP
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dc.subjectAB
dc.subjectNHD
dc.subjectNHTB
dc.subjectPN3307.G7
dc.subjectEconomics, Politics and Sociology
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectPerforming Arts
dc.subject1980s
dc.subject1990s
dc.subjectA39
dc.subjectCornwall
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectminers' strike
dc.subjectpolitical theatre
dc.subjectThatcherism
dc.titleAfter the Miners’ Strike: A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33
dcterms.accessRightsEmbargo: none
organization.legalNameFalmouth University

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