Popular theatres of nineteenth-century France /:

This is the only book to provide an account of how popular theatre developed from the fairground booths of the eighteenth century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. Whereas other studies offer a traditional approach to the theatres of high culture, John McCormick tak...

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Main Author: McCormick, John, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This is the only book to provide an account of how popular theatre developed from the fairground booths of the eighteenth century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. Whereas other studies offer a traditional approach to the theatres of high culture, John McCormick takes the role of impartial historian, uncovering the popular theatres of the boulevards, suburbs and fairgrounds. He focuses on the social and economic context in which vaudevilles, pantomimes and melodramas were performed, and explores the audiences who enjoyed them.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-243) and index.
ISBN:0203168119
9780203168110
9786610021413
6610021414
9780203283882
0203283880

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