The performing century : Nineteenth-century theatre's history
200711UU
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A collection of essays, this work looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. It brings different perspectives on familiar material and redefines what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. In an innovative and wide-ranging collection of essays, "The Performing Century" looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. From the vogue for fairy plays to the acting styles of melodrama, from the work of a single impresario to the nature of a genre, from ship-launches in Belfast to royal weddings in England, from the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors bring new perspectives on familiar material and radically redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be.
Main title:
The performing century : Nineteenth-century theatre's history / Edited by Tracy C. Davis, Peter Holland.
Imprint:
Palgrave Macmillan : [distributor] Macmillan Distribution (MDL) : [distributor] Macmillan Distribution Services Pty Ltd : [distributor] Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd : [distributor] Pan Macmillan South Africa : [distributor] Macmillan(US), 2007.
Collation:
288 p. : 29 in-text black and white ; 23x16x2 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Hardback.Epublication based on: 9786611844424.
Audience:
Undergraduate.
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.
Biography/History:
TRACY C. DAVIS is Barber Professor of Performing Arts at Northwestern University, USA, and author of Actresses as Working Women: Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture, George Bernard Shaw and the Socialist Theatre, The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914, and Stages of Emergency: Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense. Her edited collections include Theatricality, and Playwriting and Nineteenth-Century British Women. She is President of the American Society for Theatre Research. PETER HOLLAND is McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies.
ISBN:
0230572561 (hbk)9780230572560 (hbk)
Dewey class:
792.094109034
Local class:
792.094109034
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2424744