{"product_id":"theatre-and-fashion-oscar-wilde-to-the-suffragettes-paperback-9780521499507","title":"Theatre and Fashion; Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes (Paperback) 9780521499507","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheatre and Fashion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOscar Wilde to the Suffragettes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the first book to explore the fascinating relationship between theatre, fashion, and society in the period from the 1890s to the Great War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoel H. Kaplan (Author), Sheila Stowell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521499507, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 July 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e236 pages, 26 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.435 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'Theatre and Fashion is first-rate historical scholarship, lucid, stylish, and accessible. Its combination of winning subject and fresh approach should attract a wide, appreciative audience.' Nineteenth Century Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first book to explore the complex relationship between theatre, fashion and society in the late Victorian and early modern era. Examining such diverse topics as the emergence of the society playhouse, fashion journalism, the role of the couturier-costumier, department store marketing, and the establishment of 'dress codes' by militant suffragettes, Kaplan and Stowell provide a new context for assessing plays by established writers like Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Arthur Pinero and Harley Granville Barker, as well as lesser known figures, such as Edith Lyttelton, Emily Symonds and Cicely Hamilton.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The glass of fashion\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dressing Mrs. Pat\u003cbr\u003e 3. The ghost in the looking-glass\u003cbr\u003e 4. Millinery stages\u003cbr\u003e 5. The suffrage response\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\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":46004079853848,"sku":"9780521499507","price":36.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521499507i_1b05ea2e-b3a2-4035-a755-d6ab092d865d.jpg?v=1691383165","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theatre-and-fashion-oscar-wilde-to-the-suffragettes-paperback-9780521499507","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}