{"product_id":"9781138678668","title":"Benjamin Britten and Montagu Slater's Peter Grimes by Sam Kinchin-Smith","description":"`Who can turn skies back and begin again?'-PeterThis book contends that Peter Grimes, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential operas of the 20th century, is also one of the British theatre's finest `lost' plays. Seeking to liberate Britten and Slater's work from the blinkered traditions of theatre and opera criticism, Sam Kinchin-Smith poses two questions:  If an opera was created like a play, and can be staged as a play, is it a play?  If a portion of its success and influence is the product of this newly identified theatrical engine, is it then a great play?The answers involve Wagner and W.G. Sebald, George Crabbe and Complicit?, Akenfield and Twin Peaks. Challenging long-established narratives of post-war theatre history, this book makes a compelling case for why practitioners and scholars of performance ought to pay more attention to Britten and Slater's achievement - a milestone of unconventional English modernism - and perhaps to other operatic masterpieces too.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296510259573,"sku":"9781138678668","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781138678668.jpg?v=1762771652","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781138678668","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}