{"product_id":"benjamin-britten-and-montagu-slaters-peter-grimes","title":"Benjamin Britten and Montagu Slater's Peter Grimes","description":"\u003cp\u003e ‘Who can turn skies back and begin again?’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Peter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contends that \u003ci\u003ePeter Grimes\u003c\/i\u003e, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential operas of the 20th century,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis also one of the British theatre’s finest ‘lost’ plays. Seeking to liberate Britten and Slater’s work from the blinkered traditions of theatre and opera criticism, Sam Kinchin-Smith poses two questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf an opera was created like a play, and can be staged as a play, is it a play?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf a portion of its success and influence is the product of this newly identified theatrical engine, is it then a great play?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers involve Wagner and W.G. Sebald, George Crabbe and Complicité,\u003ci\u003e Akenfield \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging long-established narratives of post-war theatre history, this book makes a compelling case for why practitioners and scholars of performance ought to pay more attention to Britten and Slater’s achievement – a milestone of unconventional English modernism – and perhaps to other operatic masterpieces too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50065032315224,"sku":"9781138678668","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138678668_7ea9d187-a709-4784-a4f5-3784c71e041f.jpg?v=1777265126","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/benjamin-britten-and-montagu-slaters-peter-grimes","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}