{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-british-theatre-1730-1830-hardback-9780521852371","title":"The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre, 1730–1830 (Hardback) 9780521852371","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to British Theatre, 1730–1830\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA contributory volume covering all aspects of theatre in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJane Moody (Edited by), Daniel O'Quinn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521852371, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 October 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages, 14 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.624 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Performance: 1. Acting and actors from Garrick to Kean Peter Thomson\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Dictating to the Empire': performance and theatrical geography in eighteenth-century Britain Jane Moody\u003cbr\u003e 3. Scenography and technology Christopher Baugh\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spectatorship Jim Davis\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Genres: 5. The social life of eighteenth-century comedy Lisa A. Freeman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tragedy Susan Staves\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pantomime John O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e 8. Romantic melodrama Jacky Bratton\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Identities: 9. The making of an English audience: the case of the footmen's gallery Kristina Straub\u003cbr\u003e 10. Women playwrights Misty Anderson\u003cbr\u003e 11. Entertaining women: the actress in eighteenth-century theatre and culture Laura J. Rosenthal\u003cbr\u003e 12. Race and profit in English theatre Julie A. Carlson\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Places of Performance: 13. Private theatricals Gillian Russell\u003cbr\u003e 14. Opera and theatre Michael Burden\u003cbr\u003e 15. Acting in the periphery: the Irish theatre Helen Burke\u003cbr\u003e 16. Theatre and Empire Daniel O'Quinn\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Further Reading: 17. Reading theatre, 1730–1830 Jonathan Mulrooney\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265250971928,"sku":"9780521852371","price":45.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521852371i.jpg?v=1692020978","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-british-theatre-1730-1830-hardback-9780521852371","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}