Title Playing to the crowd : London popular theater, 1780-1830 / Frederick Burwick

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages) Series Nineteenth-century major lives and letters Nineteenth-century major lives and letters. Contents 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 Children on stage : idealised, demonised, eroticised -- The M.P. or the blue-stocking : Moore and Irish protest -- Zapolya : Coleridge and the Werewolves -- Glenarvon : impersonating Lord 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 theatres and working-class audiences Summary "Between 1780 and 1830, the growing London population divided into immigrant neighborhoods with two dozen unlicensed theatres tailoring productions to attract and serve this new audience. Playing to the Crowd is 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"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Fürstliches Schauspielhaus Bad Pyrmont gnd Subject Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century Ethnic theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century Ethnic theater -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century Theater audiences -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism. Ethnic theater Manners and customs Theater Theater audiences Volkstheater Drama. Englisch. Intavolierung. Theater. Volkstheater. SUBJECT London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078224 London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078225 Subject England -- London London London. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230370654 0230370659

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