Roberts, Paul (2025) Staging professionalisation with the ABTT technical theatre in post-war Britain. Doctoral thesis, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

Abstract

This thesis examines the professionalisation of post-war British technical theatre via the rise of the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) and the effect of the resulting shift in practices between 1961 and 1991 on the theatrical landscape of regional playhouse design.