02961nam 2200589Ia 450 991077744250332120230607221747.01-58729-402-8(CKB)1000000000447493(EBL)837071(OCoLC)56109520(SSID)ssj0000234532(PQKBManifestationID)11202185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234532(PQKBWorkID)10254363(PQKB)10960501(MiAaPQ)EBC837071(MdBmJHUP)muse12504(Au-PeEL)EBL837071(CaPaEBR)ebr10354671(EXLCZ)99100000000044749320010523d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReflecting the audience[electronic resource] London theatregoing, 1840-1880 /Jim Davis & Victor EmeljanowIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20011 online resource (317 p.)Studies in theatre history & cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-781-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-288) and index.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; IndexThis 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:Studies in theatre history and culture.TheaterEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryTheater audiencesEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryTheaterHistoryTheater audiencesHistory792.0942109034792/.09421/09034Davis Jim1949-1520442Emeljanow Victor1520443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777442503321Reflecting the audience3759032UNINA