The performing century : nineteenth-century theatre's history
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The performing century : nineteenth-century theatre's history
(Redefining British theatre history / general editor, Peter Holland)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Boxing day / Jim Davis
- What are fairies for? / Tracy C. Davis
- Communal performances : royal ritual, revolution and national acts / Emily Allen
- George Edwardes and musical comedy : the transformation of London theatre and society, 1878-1914 / Thomas Postlewait
- Nation and neighbourhood, Jews and Englishmen : location and theatrical ideology in Victorian London / Heidi J. Holder
- Theatre history and capital on the Victorian stage / Jane Moody
- Modernity, geography and historiography : (re)-mapping Irish theatre history in the nineteenth century / Mark Phelan
- The death of tragedy, or, the birth of melodrama / Jeffrey N. Cox
- Fitting the bill : acting out the season of 1813/14 at the Sans Pareil / Gilli Bush-Bailey
- Charles Mathews, low comedian, and the intersections of romantic ideology / Edward Ziter
- The persistence of closet drama : theory, history, form / Catherine Burroughs
- Shakespeare and the music hall / Richard Schoch
- What is a play? : drama and the Victorian circus / Jacky Bratton
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Introduction: Redefining British Theatre History
- P.Holland Introduction: The Performing Society
- T.C.Davis & P.Holland PART I: PERFORMANCE OCCASIONS Boxing Day
- J.Davis What Are Faries For?
- T.C.Davis Communal Performances: Royal Ritual, Revolution, and National Acts
- E.Allen George Edwardes and Musical Comedy: The Transformations of London Theatre and Society, 1878-1914
- T.Postlewait PART II: PERFORMANCE ANXIETIES Nation and Neighbourhood, Jews and Englishmen: Location and Theatrical Ideology in the Theatre of Victorian London
- H.Holder Theatre History and Capital on the Victorian Stage
- J.Moody Modernity, Geography and Historiography: (Re)-Mapping Irish Theatre History on the Nineteenth Century
- M.Phelan PART III: REPERTOIRES The Death of Tragedy
- or, the Birth of Melodrama
- J.N.Cox Fitting the Bill: Acting out the Season of 1813/14 at the Sans Pareil
- G.Bush-Bailey Charles Mathews, Low Comedian, and the Intersections of Romantic Ideology
- E.Ziter The Persistence of Closet Drama: Theory, History, Form
- C.Burroughs Shakespeare and the Music Hall
- R.Schoch What is a Play? Drama and the Victorian Circus
- J.Bratton Index
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