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Stagestruck : the business of theater in eighteenth-century France and its colonies /

This book traces the making of a vibrant French theater industry between the reign of Louis XIV and the French Revolution. During this era, more than eighty provincial and colonial cities celebrated the inauguration of their first public playhouses. These theaters emerged as the most prominent urban...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clay, Lauren
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The making of a French theater industry
  • Investing in the arts
  • Designing the civic playhouse
  • The extent and limits of state intervention
  • Directors and the business of performing
  • The work of acting
  • Consumers of culture
  • The production of theater in the colonies
  • Epilogue : Culture, commerce, and the state.