Reflecting the audience : London theatregoing, 1840-1880 /
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Author / Creator: | Davis, Jim, 1949- |
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Imprint: | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2001. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations, map. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in theatre history and culture Studies in theatre history and culture. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129735 |
Other authors / contributors: | Emeljanow, Victor. |
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ISBN: | 1587294028 9781587294020 9780877457817 0877457816 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | This innovative work begins to fill a large gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of nineteenth-century British theatre audiences. In an attempt to bring some order to the enormous amount of available primary material, Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow focus on London from 1840, immediately prior to the deregulation of that city's theatres, to 1880, when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for their licensing. In a further attempt to manage their material, they concentrate chapter by chapter on seven representative theatres from four areas: the Sur. |
Other form: | Print version: Davis, Jim, 1949- Reflecting the audience. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2001 0877457816 |
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