Celebrity, performance, reception : British Georgian theatre as social assemblage /

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By 1800 London had as many theatre seats for sale as the city's population. This was the start of the capital's rise as a centre for performing arts. Bringing to life a period of extraordinary theatrical vitality, David Worrall re-examines the beginnings of celebrity culture amidst a monop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Worrall, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1700-1799
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Theater audiences > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Théâtre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Théâtre > Publics > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Theater
Theater audiences
Publikum
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: theatre, performance and social assemblage theory
  • Theatrical assemblages and theatrical markets
  • Georgian performance and the assemblage model
  • Theatrical celebrity as social assemblage: from Garrick to Kean
  • Celebrity networks: Kean and Siddons
  • A working theatrical assemblage: 1790s
  • Representations of naval conflict
  • Theatrical assemblage populations: the Turkish ambassador's visits to London playhouses, 1794
  • Historicizing the theatrical assemblage: Marie Antoinette and the theatrical queens
  • The regulatory assemblage: the Roman actor and the politics of self-censorship
  • Conclusion.

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