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 InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descriptionxiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesRedefining 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007051159
ISBN0230572561 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230572560 (alk. paper)