Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A History - Hardcover

Greene, John C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611461006 ISBN 13: 9781611461008

Verlag: Lehigh University Press, 2011

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An impressive, thorough work of scholarship, this set is exhaustive in its coverage of the Dublin stage from 1745 to 1820. Greene (English, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette) presents material relating to the period's physical properties (theaters, music halls, pleasure gardens); descriptions and analyses of the ever-changing entertainment scene; biographies of managers, actors, and performers; discussions of theater repertories, stage practices, and acting styles; summaries of financial concerns; assessments of audience demographics and tastes; and more. Over the past 25 years the author has scoured virtually every archive of significance, and he gathers in these volumes a wealth of data valuable in its own right. From the information gathered, however, he does the additional service of effectively demonstrating that the Irish theater of the period was not merely a distant satellite of the London stage (though connections were natural and even mutually beneficial) or some "West British" offspring of British colonialism. Rather, as Greene convincingly shows, a genuinely Irish influence permeated the stage well before Yeats, Lady Gregory, and the 1897 founding of the Irish Literary Theatre. This two-volume set opens the door for a much-needed reevaluation and reassessment of the period and of Irish studies in general. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE *

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Theatre in Dublin is the first comprehensive illustrated scholarly history of the Dublin theatres in the eighteenth- and early nineteenth centuries. The nine chapters include government regulation of entertainment, advertising, finances, theatre management practices, props and costumes, and a socioeconomic analysis of both the performers and audiences of the time.

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• Verlag: Lehigh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1611461006
• ISBN 13: 9781611461008
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 302