British Theatre and the 1920s
Papers (20 minutes) and round-tables are invited for a 1-day conference on Friday 11 July 2025 at Wilton's Music Hall, London.
The conference aims to explore theatre in the 1920s across a spectrum of genres and locations. The focus is on theatre in a broad sense, encompassing a range of performance cultures and demonstrating some of the major ways in which theatre operated within the broader culture and society of the time.
Topics might include (but are not limited to):
The dramatic legacy of WWI
Different genres (e.g. melodramas, thrillers, comedies)
Individual plays
Variety
Avant garde theatre
Grand guignol
American imports
Pageants
Revue
Censorship