The Swastika and the Stage : German Theatre and Society, 1933-1945 (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Weimar: politics in the playhouse; 2. Visions of national rebirth: Volkisch theatre reform; 3. The uses of the past: from the Thingspiel to the Nazi history plays; 4. Stages of aggression: theatre and the 'ethnic struggle'; 5. 'The stream of heredity': theatre in the racial state; 6. The faith of our forefathers: theatre and the Nazi assault on Christianity; 7. The manacled muse: theatre and political domination; 8. 'The final redoubt': theatre and propaganda; 9. The age of Mephistopheles: theatre and power; Conclusion.