The theatre industry in nineteenth-century France:

This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century through its special role as an organized popular entertainment. Traditionally regarded as an elite art form, in post-Revolutionary France the stage began to be seen as an industry like any other and the theatre became on...

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1. Verfasser: Hemmings, Frederick W. J. 1920-1997 (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993
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Zusammenfassung:This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century through its special role as an organized popular entertainment. Traditionally regarded as an elite art form, in post-Revolutionary France the stage began to be seen as an industry like any other and the theatre became one of the few areas of employment where women were in demand as much as men. The increasingly commercial ethos dominating the stage led to the mass production of plays with audience appeal, resulting in an inevitable dilution of literary standards. In this lively account, Hemmings examines how the theatre world flourished and evolved, and reveals such matters as the difficult life of the actress, salaries and contracts, and the profession of the playwright
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages)
ISBN:9780511597794
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511597794

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