The profession of the playwright: British theatre 1800 - 1900

This is the first book to examine the working world of the playwright in nineteenth-century Britain. It was often a risky and financially uncertain profession, yet the magic of the theatre attracted authors from widely different backgrounds--journalists, lawyers, churchmen, civil servants. printers,...

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1. Verfasser: Stephens, John Russell (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:This is the first book to examine the working world of the playwright in nineteenth-century Britain. It was often a risky and financially uncertain profession, yet the magic of the theatre attracted authors from widely different backgrounds--journalists, lawyers, churchmen, civil servants. printers, and actors, as well as prominent poets and novelists. In a fascinating account of the frustrations and the rewards of dramatic authorship, Stephens uncovers fresh information on the playwright's earnings, relationships with actors, managers, publishers, and audience, and offers a new perspective on his growing status as a professional. Further chapters focus on the struggle for copyright reform and the complexities of dramatic publishing. A large number of major and minor authors are discussed, among them Planche, Fitzball, Boucicault, Pinero, Grundy, Gilbert, Tennyson, Jones and Shaw. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of British theatre history, nineteenth-century literature and social history.
Beschreibung:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Beschreibung:XIX, 254 S.
ISBN:9780521259132
0521259134
9780521034432
0521034434

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