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urn:uuid:b8a0df39-4e34-41db-9ae5-6482528df3cd 03 01 01 urn:uuid:b8a0df39-4e34-41db-9ae5-6482528df3cd 15 9781800649149 06 10.11647/OBP.0329 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 After the Miners’ Strike A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1 1 A01 Paul Farmer 2 A15 21 0000-0001-8612-0422 Rebecca Hillman 3 A01 Mark Kilburn 01 eng 00 282 03 20 A39 93 AFKP 12 AN 10 ART060000 04 PN3307.G7 B2 Theatre 93 AB 12 AFKP 10 ART037000 20 Cornwall B2 History 10 HIS015070 93 NHD 20 political theatre B2 Politics and Sociology 12 WQH 12 1DBKEWC 10 HIS054000 20 miners' strike 93 NHTB 12 J 20 Thatcherism 20 1980s 12 JP 20 1990s 12 JPR 12 1DBKE 20 history 12 HBJ 12 3JJP 03 00 <p>In 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. </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> 04 00 Authors’ Biographies Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. A Tour through the Miners’ Strike 2. Into A39 3. One & All! 4. Street Theatre and Cabaret 5. Touring One & All! 6. A39 International 7. A39 and the Tin Crisis 8. A39 Into 1986: The State of Things 9. Building the New Show 10. ‘How much easier it is to honour the dead than to value the living’—The Tale of Trevithick’s Tower Plays 11. One & All! An unofficial history of Cornish tin mining 12. The Tale of Trevithick’s Tower Bibliography Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20230927 13 15 9781800649132 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0329 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0329.pdf 99 01