Good Nights Out : A History of Popular British Theatre 1940-2015 (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements A Note on Sources Introduction Chapter One War: Comic, Tragic and Nostalgic While the Sun Shines (1943) Worm's Eye View (1945) Seagulls Over Sorrento (1950) Reluctant Heroes (1950) War Horse (2007) Chapter Two Crime: Classical, Farcical and Postmodern The Mousetrap (1952) Simple Spymen (1958) Sleuth (1970) The Business of Murder (1981) Chapter Three Sex: Comic, Episodic and Ironic There's a Girl in My Soup (1966) Pyjama Tops (1969) Oh! Calcutta! (1969) No Sex, Please - We're British (1971) Chapter Four Family: Traditional, Redemptive and Fractured 'Sailor, Beware!' (1955) Spring and Port Wine (1965) The Man Most Likely To (1968) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012) Chapter Five Class: Musical, Parodic and Political Charlie Girl (1965) Daisy Pulls It Off (1983) Blood Brothers (1983) Billy Elliot the Musical (2005) Chapter Six History: Gothic, Edwardian and Pastiche The Phantom of the Opera (1986) The Woman in Black (1987) The 39 Steps (2006) One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) Chapter Seven Fantasy: Whimsy, Camp and Sci-fi Salad Days (1954) The Rocky Horror Show (1973) Return to the Forbidden Planet (1989) Matilda the Musical (2010) Conclusion - Dream Life of the British People Appendix 1: List of new shows from 1940 until the end of 2015 with more than 1,000 performances (by run length) Appendix 2: List of new shows from 1940 until the end of 2015 with more than 1,000 performances (by date) Notes Bibliography Index