Author: J. W. Flynn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cork (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Random Recollections of an Old Playgoer
Author: J. W. Flynn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cork (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cork (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Random Recollections of an Old Publisher
Author: William Tinsley
Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Theatre
Author: Clement Scott
Publisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Allen A. Brown Collection of Books Relating to the Stage in the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Allen A. Brown Collection (Boston Public Library)
Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : The Trustees
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
The Rise of the Victorian Actor
Author: Michael Baker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317399102
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Originally published in 1978. Between 1830 and 1890 the English theatre became recognisably modern. Standards of acting and presentation improved immeasurably, new playwrights emerged, theatres became more comfortable and more intimate and playgoing became a national pastime with all classes. The actor’s status rose accordingly. In 1830 he had been little better than a social outcast; by 1880 he had become a member of a skilled, relatively well-paid and respected profession which was attracting new recruits in unprecedented numbers. This is a social history of Victorian actors which seeks to show how wider social attitudes and developments affected the changing status of acting as a profession. Thus the stage’s relationship with the professional world and the other arts is dealt with and is followed by an assessment of the moral and religious background which played so decisive a part in contemporary attitudes to actors. The position of actresses in particular is given special consideration. Many non-theatrical sources are used here and there is a survey of salaries and working conditions in the theatre to show how the rising social status of the actor was matched by changes in his theatrical standing. A novel area of study is covered in tracing the changing social composition of the acting profession over the period and in exploring the case-histories of three generations of performers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317399102
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Originally published in 1978. Between 1830 and 1890 the English theatre became recognisably modern. Standards of acting and presentation improved immeasurably, new playwrights emerged, theatres became more comfortable and more intimate and playgoing became a national pastime with all classes. The actor’s status rose accordingly. In 1830 he had been little better than a social outcast; by 1880 he had become a member of a skilled, relatively well-paid and respected profession which was attracting new recruits in unprecedented numbers. This is a social history of Victorian actors which seeks to show how wider social attitudes and developments affected the changing status of acting as a profession. Thus the stage’s relationship with the professional world and the other arts is dealt with and is followed by an assessment of the moral and religious background which played so decisive a part in contemporary attitudes to actors. The position of actresses in particular is given special consideration. Many non-theatrical sources are used here and there is a survey of salaries and working conditions in the theatre to show how the rising social status of the actor was matched by changes in his theatrical standing. A novel area of study is covered in tracing the changing social composition of the acting profession over the period and in exploring the case-histories of three generations of performers.
The Theatre
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Vol. for 1888 includes dramatic directory for Feb.-Dec.; vol. for 1889 includes dramatic directory for Jan.-May.
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Vol. for 1888 includes dramatic directory for Feb.-Dec.; vol. for 1889 includes dramatic directory for Jan.-May.
The Random Recollections of a Commercial Traveller
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Category : Commercial travellers
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Commercial travellers
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Playgoer
Author:
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Bookseller
Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
Book Description
Catalogue of Books Printed for Private Circulation
Author: Bertram Dobell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privately printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Privately printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description