Pages From Stages

Readers of The Stage newspaper, students of theatre management

Anthony Field explores the changing style of theatres including interior design, exterior design, ticket and seat prices, and levels of service, while questionning whether the theatre still exists as a place of entertainment for regular theatre-goers or has become merely a tourist venture. He talks of "the death of the theatre and theatre-going" in the new millennium, laments the loss of good actors, and studies the changing nature of the Arts Council in a Britain which has lost its "theatre-going" culture.

The book extends from examining the system of playwriting to theatre management to investigating the economic, political and financial aspects of the theatre which make it what it is today and not what it used to be.

Paul Webb provides commentaries on each of the articles, adding his own insight into the topics.