Reflecting the audience [[electronic resource] ] : London theatregoing, 1840-1880 / / Jim Davis & Victor Emeljanow

• Autore: Davis Jim <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0942109034; 792/.09421/09034
• Soggetto topico: Theater - England - London - History - 19th century; Theater audiences - England - London - History - 19th century
• Altri autori: EmeljanowVictor
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-288) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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:
• Titolo autorizzato: Reflecting the audience
• ISBN: 1-58729-402-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814460803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in theatre history and culture.