ABSTRACT This article is offered as a provocation into debates about how cultural hierarchies between amateur, professional and community theatres continue to resonate in contemporary British theatre. Building on research with amateur and community companies, this article presents a case for wider cultural recognition of the work of people in different sectors. It argues for greater reflexivity about the ways in which judgements of taste are played out, and asks who or what is legitimated, included and excluded in today’s theatre. It asks how far there remains a link between distinctions of taste and divisions of labour, and what this might mean for theatre workers in the future.

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社会包容的劳动力：业余、专业、社区剧院

摘要 本文旨在引发关于业余剧院、专业剧院和社区剧院之间的文化等级如何继续在当代英国剧院产生共鸣的辩论。在对业余和社区公司的研究的基础上，本文提出了一个案例，可以更广泛地对不同部门人员的工作进行文化认可。它主张对品味判断的表现方式进行更大的反思，并询问当今戏剧中谁或什么是合法的、被包括的和被排除的。它询问品味差异和劳动分工之间的联系还有多远，以及这对未来的剧院工作者意味着什么。