Playing to the crowd: London popular theatre, 1780-1830

Playing to the crowd: London popular theatre, 1780-1830

Burwick, Frederick

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The first study of the productions of the minor theatres, how they were adapted to appeal to the local patrons and the audiences who worked and lived in these communities. FREDERICK BURWICK Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. INDICE: Children on Stage: Idealized, Eroticized, Demonized - Moore and the Drama of Irish Protest - 'Zapolya': Coleridge and the Werewolves - 'Glenarvon' on Stage: Impersonating Byron - 'Foscari': Mitford's Dramaturgy of the Unspoken and Unexplained - 'Wilhelm Tell' on the London Stage - Heroic Rebels and Highwaymen - London Crime: Executioners, Murderers, Detectives - Transpontine Theaters and Working-Class Audiences - -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-11686-3
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 330
  • Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés