{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-victorian-and-edwardian-theatre-hardback-9780521791571","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre (Hardback) 9780521791571","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2004 Companion examines the world of the Victorian theatre: the audiences, playwrights, actors, and music.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKerry Powell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521791571, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 February 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages, 14 b\/w illus.  1 music example\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'All the contributions to this undeniably useful enterprise are sufficiently expert to ensure it a place on undergraduate and graduate reading-lists …'. Journal of Theatre Research International\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2004 Companion is designed for readers interested in the creation, production and interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian theatre, both in its own time and on the contemporary stage. The volume opens with a brief overview and introduction surveying the theatre of the time followed by an essay contextualizing the theatre within the frame of Victorian and Edwardian culture as a whole. Succeeding chapters examine specific aspects of performance, production, and theatre, including the music, the actors, stagecraft and the audiences themselves; plays and playwriting and issues of class and gender are also explored. Chapters also deal with comedy, farce and melodrama, while other essays bring forward new topics and approaches that cross the boundaries of traditional investigation, including analysis of the economics of theatre and of the theatricality of personal identity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface Kerry Powell\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: Before the curtain Nina Auerbach\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Performance and Context: 1. Actors and acting Joseph W. Donohue Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 2. The show business economy and its discontents Tracy C. Davis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Victorian and Edwardian stagecraft: techniques and issues Russell Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 4. Music for the theatre: style and function in incidental music Michael Pisani\u003cbr\u003e 5. Victorian and Edwardian audiences Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow\u003cbr\u003e 6. Performing identities: actresses and autobiography Mary Jean Corbett\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Text and Context: 7. Comedy and farce Michael Booth\u003cbr\u003e 8. Encountering melodrama David Mayer\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Music Hall Jacky Bratton\u003cbr\u003e 10. Theatre of the 1890s: Breaking down the barriers Peter Raby\u003cbr\u003e 11. New theatres for a new drama Cary M. Mazer\u003cbr\u003e 12. The fallen woman on stage: maidens, magdalens, and the emancipated female Sos Eltis\u003cbr\u003e 13. Reimagining the theatre: women playwrights of the Victorian and Edwardian period Susan Carlson and Kerry Powell\u003cbr\u003e 14. The East End Theatre Heidi Holder\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46265093161240,"sku":"9780521791571","price":65.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521791571i.jpg?v=1692019483","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-victorian-and-edwardian-theatre-hardback-9780521791571","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}