LEADER 03727nam 22005532 450 001 996201149503316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-107-48140-6 010 $a1-107-48629-7 010 $a1-139-00165-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12144555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411870 035 $a(PQKB)11016477 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139001656 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050483 035 $a(PPN)166987476 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820045 100 $a20110114d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to British theatre, 1730-1830 /$fedited by Jane Moody and Daniel O'Quinn$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 285 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-61777-4 311 $a0-521-85237-4 327 $tActing and actors from Garrick to Kean /$rPeter Thomson --$tDictating to the empire : performance and theatrical geography in eighteenth-century Britain /$rJane Moody --$tScenography and technology /$rChristopher Baugh --$tSpectatorship /$rJim Davis --$tSocial life of eighteenth-century comedy /$rLisa A. Freeman --$tTragedy /$rSusan Staves --$tPantomime /$rJohn O'Brien --$tRomantic melodrama /$rJacky Bratton --$tThe making of an English audience : the case of the footmen's gallery /$rKristina Straub --$tWomen playwrights /$rMisty G. Anderson --$tEntertaining women : the actress in eighteenth century theatre and culture /$rLaura J. Rosenthal --$tRace and profit in English theatre /$rJulie A. Carlson --$tPrivate theatricals /$rGillian Russell --$tOpera in the London theatres /$rMichael Burden --$tActing in the periphery : the Irish theatre /$rHelen Burke --$tTheatre and empire /$rDaniel O'Quinn --$tReading theatre, 1730-1830 /$rJonathan Mulrooney. 330 $aThis Companion offers a wide-ranging and innovative guide to one of the most exciting and important periods in British theatrical history. The scope of the volume extends from the age of Garrick to the Romantic transformation of acting inaugurated by Edmund Kean. It brings together cutting-edge scholarship from leading international scholars in the long eighteenth century, offering lively and original insights into the world of the stage, its most influential playwrights and the professional lives of celebrated performers such as James Quin, George Anne Bellamy, John Philip Kemble, Dora Jordan, Fanny Abington and Sarah Siddons. The volume includes essential chapters about eighteenth-century acting, production and audiences, important surveys of key theatrical forms such as tragedy, comedy, melodrama and pantomime as well as a range of exciting thematic essays on subjects such as private theatricals, 'black' theatre and the representation of empire. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aTheater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aTheater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a792.0942/09033 702 $aMoody$b Jane$f1967-2011, 702 $aO'Quinn$b Daniel$f1962- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996201149503316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to British theatre, 1730-1830$92493512 997 $aUNISA