Stagestruck : The Business of Theater in Eighteenth-Century France and Its Colonies /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Clay, Lauren
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Gesellschaft
Französisch
Theater
Kolonie
Theater management.
Theater > Economic aspects.
Theater and society.
Manners and customs.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Theâtre > Gestion > Antilles françaises > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre > Gestion > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre > Aspect economique > Antilles françaises > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre > Aspect economique > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre et societe > Antilles françaises > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theâtre et societe > France > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Theater management > West Indies, French > History > 18th century.
Theater management > France > History > 18th century.
Theater > Economic aspects > West Indies, French > History > 18th century.
Theater > Economic aspects > France > History > 18th century.
Theater and society > West Indies, French > History > 18th century.
Theater and society > France > History > 18th century.
Westindien
Frankreich
Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French.
France.
Antilles françaises > Moeurs et coutumes > 18e siecle.
France > Moeurs et coutumes > 18e siecle.
West Indies, French > Social life and customs > 18th century.
France > Social life and customs > 18th century.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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