Subscription theater: democracy and drama in Britain and Ireland, 1880-1939

"This book is addresses theater history and material culture, starting with the Victorian theater. It is about audiences' taking back ownership of the plays they saw in theaters. They did this by forming private play-producing societies (also called subscription societies or clubs). The th...

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1. Verfasser: Franks, Matthew 1987- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:"This book is addresses theater history and material culture, starting with the Victorian theater. It is about audiences' taking back ownership of the plays they saw in theaters. They did this by forming private play-producing societies (also called subscription societies or clubs). The theater subscriptions that we have today descend from these societies. Today's theater canon derives heavily from the plays produced by these societies"--
Beschreibung:254 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780812252477