Reflecting the audience [electronic resource]
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
This innovative work begins to fill a large gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of nineteenth-century British theatre audiences. In an attempt to bring some order to the enormous amount of available primary material, Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow focus on London from 1840, immediately prior to the deregulation of that city's theatres, to 1880, when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for their licensing. In a further attempt to manage their material, they concentrate chapter by chapter on seven representative theatres from four areas:
כותר |
Reflecting the audience [electronic resource] : London theatregoing, 1840-1880 / Jim Davis & Victor Emeljanow. |
---|---|
מהדורה |
1st ed. |
מוציא לאור |
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press |
שנה |
c2001 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-288) and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. The Surrey-Siders 1. The Surrey and the Victoria Theatres Part Two. Orientalism and Social Condescension 2. The Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel 3. The Britannia Theatre Part Three. Myth and Nineteenth-Century Theatre Audiences 4. Sadler's Wells Theatre 5. The Queen's/Prince of Wales's Theatre Part Four.""Theatric Tourists"" and the West End 6. The West End 7. A National Drama:A National Theatre and the Case of Drury Lane Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index |
סדרה |
Studies in theatre history & culture |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (317 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010712400805171 |
תצוגת MARC
יודעים עוד על הפריט? זיהיתם טעות?