Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Staging the Nations Rebirth: The Politics and Aesthetics of Performance in the Context of Fascist Studies
R. Griffin

Chapter 2. The Cultural Politics of Fascist Governments
R. Kühnl

Chapter 3. The Ritual Core of Fascist Theatre: An Anthropological Perspective
G. Berghaus

Chapter 4. The Theatre of Politics in Fascist Italy
E. Gentile

Chapter 5. The Organization, Fascistization and Management of Theatre in Italy, 1925-43
D. Thompson

Chapter 6. Theatre Politics of the Mussolini Regime and their Influence on Fascist Drama
P. Cavallo

Chapter 7. Mussolini's "Theatre of the Masses"
M. Verdone

Chapter 8. Censorship in Nazi Germany: The Influence of the Reich's Ministry of Propaganda on German Theatre and Drama, 1933-1945
B. Panse

Chapter 9. The Municipal Theatre in Frankfurt-on-the-Main: A Provincial Theatre under National Socialism
B. Schültke

Chapter 10. The Orchestration of the National Community: The Nuremburg Party Rallies of the NSDAP
H.-U. Thamer

Chapter 11. Theatre and Falangism at the Beginning of the Franco Regime
S. Wahnon

Chapter 12. Competing Together in Fascist Europe: Sport in Early Francoism
J. London

Chapter 13. Jacques Copeau and "Popular Theatre" in Vichy France
S. Added

Chapter 14. Towards an Aesthetics of Fascist Opera
E. Levi

Bibliography
Illustrations
Index

About the Author

Günter Berghaus received his Ph.D. in Theatre Studies and his Habilitation from the Free University of Berlin, he taught at the University of London and now holds a Readership in Theatre History and Performance Studies at the University of Bristol.

Reviews

"... [an] important and well-compiled collection ... Berghaus' superb introductory piece reminds us how severely distorted the lens through which we regard these troubling two decades has become ... [he] seeks ... to enlist the relatively new discipline of 'theatre anthropology' [and] the results are most impressive."  · German Studies Review "... an important addition to the literature ... a fascinating, authoritative and highly informative collection of essays which will prove invaluable both to the specialist and the student reader."  · Theatre Research International "... represents a fresh perspective on fascist theatre history ... a valuable source book on the politics ... achieves a searching comparative perspective on the phenomenon of Fascist aesthetics and theatrics ... and will be useful both to all students of Fascism and ... students of the performing arts."  · The International History Review