The performing century : nineteenth-century theatre's history / edited by Tracy C. Davis and Peter Holland.
| Other author | Davis, Tracy C., 1960- |
| Other author | Holland, Peter, 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
| Description | xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Redefining British theatre history Redefining British theatre history. ^A591307 |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2007051159 |
| ISBN | 0230572561 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230572560 (alk. paper) |