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Author | : Tiziana Morosetti |
Publisher | : Writing and Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Aliens in literature |
ISBN | : 9783034319287 |
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The body of the «Other» - exotic, unfamiliar, fascinating - is the topic of this collection of essays on nineteenth-century British theatre. An informed, updated insight into the multifaceted presence of the non-British in both Georgian and Victorian drama is offered, shedding light on the complex engagement of British culture with alterity.
Author | : Kenneth Richards |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2015-07-24 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1317400186 |
Download Nineteenth Century British Theatre Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originally published in 1971. Nineteenth-century theatre in England has been greatly neglected, although serious study would reveal that the roots of much modern drama are to be found in the experiments and extravagancies of the nineteenth-century stage. The essays collected here cover a range of topics within the world of Victorian theatre, from particular actors to particular theatres; from farce to Byron’s tragedies, plus a separate section about Shakespearean productions.
Author | : Marty Gould |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2011-05-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1136740538 |
Download Nineteenth-Century Theatre and the Imperial Encounter Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this study, Gould argues that it was in the imperial capital’s theatrical venues that the public was put into contact with the places and peoples of empire. Plays and similar forms of spectacle offered Victorian audiences the illusion of unmediated access to the imperial periphery; separated from the action by only the thin shadow of the proscenium arch, theatrical audiences observed cross-cultural contact in action. But without narrative direction of the sort found in novels and travelogues, theatregoers were left to their own interpretive devices, making imperial drama both a powerful and yet uncertain site for the transmission of official imperial ideologies. Nineteenth-century playwrights fed the public’s interest in Britain’s Empire by producing a wide variety of plays set in colonial locales: India, Australia, and—to a lesser extent—Africa. These plays recreated the battles that consolidated Britain’s hold on overseas territories, dramatically depicted western humanitarian intervention in indigenous cultural practices, celebrated images of imperial supremacy, and occasionally criticized the sexual and material excesses that accompanied the processes of empire-building. An active participant in the real-world drama of empire, the Victorian theatre produced popular images that reflected, interrogated, and reinforced imperial policy. Indeed, it was largely through plays and spectacles that the British public vicariously encountered the sights and sounds of the distant imperial periphery. Empire as it was seen on stage was empire as it was popularly known: the repetitions of character types, plot scenarios, and thematic concerns helped forge an idea of empire that, though largely imaginary, entertained, informed, and molded the theatre-going British public.
Author | : Robert Justin Goldstein |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2009-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1845458990 |
Download The Frightful Stage Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active.
Author | : Michael R. Booth |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780719008238 |
Download Prefaces to English Nineteenth-century Theatre Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This compilation of the prefaces from the author's "English plays of the nineteenth century" (5 vols. ; London : Oxford Univ. Press, 1969-1976) provides an introduction to the critical interpretations of most genres of English drama.
Author | : Carolyn Williams |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 110709593X |
Download The Cambridge Companion to English Melodrama Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A lively and accessible account of the most popular form of nineteenth-century English theatre, and its continuing influence today.
Author | : Richard Foulkes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-12-11 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521103947 |
Download British Theatre in the 1890s Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The final decade of the nineteenth century was one of the most exciting and productive in the history of the British theatre. In this fascinating collection, twelve leading scholars examine the playwrights, actors, designers and theatrical environment of the period. As well as shedding light on such familiar figures as Pinero, H.A. Jones, Beerbohm Tree and Mrs Patrick Campbell, much of the hitherto neglected activity of the period is explored including toga plays, painting and the theatre, theatre architecture and travelling theatres. The volatile issue of indecency and the music hall is also explored and the question of the immorality of the stage is analysed as a recurring theme of the decade. The volume contains numerous illustrations from the period and will be of interest to students and specialists of drama, theatre and social history and British literature.
Author | : Terry Otten |
Publisher | : Athens : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rachel Bryant Davies |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350027197 |
Download Victorian Epic Burlesques Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy by Robert Brough (1858) and Ulysses; or the Ironclad Warriors and the Little Tug of War by F.C. Burnand (1865). Beloved legend, archaeological riddle and educational staple: Homer's epic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath were vividly reimagined in nineteenth-century Britain. Classical burlesques-exceptionally successful theatrical entertainments-continually mined the Iliad and Odyssey to lucrative comic effect. Burlesques combined song, dance and slapstick comedy with an eclectic kaleidoscope of topical allusions. From namedropping boxing legends to recasting Shakespearean combats, epic adaptations overflow with satirical commentary on politics, cultural highlights and everyday current affairs. In uncovering Homer's irreverently playful afterlife, this selection showcases burlesque's development and wide appeal. The critical introduction analyses how these plays contested the accessibility of classical antiquity and dramatic performance. Textual and literary annotations, with contemporary illustrations, illuminate the juxtaposed sources to establish these repackaged epics as indispensable tools for unlocking nineteenth-century social, cultural and political history. Resources for further study are available online.
Author | : Allardyce Nicoll |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Download A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama, 1800-1850 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle