Author: Tate Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Discusses Yorkshire theatre in the late eighteenth century with personal anecdotes of famous actors.
The Wandering Patentee
Author: Tate Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Discusses Yorkshire theatre in the late eighteenth century with personal anecdotes of famous actors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Discusses Yorkshire theatre in the late eighteenth century with personal anecdotes of famous actors.
The Wandering Patentee; Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time ...
Author: Tate Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The Wandering Patentee
Author: Tate Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Fiona Ritchie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139868012
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, culture and society in the eighteenth century and beyond.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139868012
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Fiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, culture and society in the eighteenth century and beyond.
Plays about the Theatre in England, 1737-1800
Author: Dane Farnsworth Smith
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838720745
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This work is the late author's manuscript abridged and edited by M. L. Lawhon. It follows his earlier volume of similar title for the years 1671-1737, continuing that study through the remainder of the eighteenth century. In addition to Sheridan's Critic, the book treats little-known plays of the lesser playwrights of the period. Illustrated.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838720745
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This work is the late author's manuscript abridged and edited by M. L. Lawhon. It follows his earlier volume of similar title for the years 1671-1737, continuing that study through the remainder of the eighteenth century. In addition to Sheridan's Critic, the book treats little-known plays of the lesser playwrights of the period. Illustrated.
The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1660-1900
Author: Peter Thomson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839254
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839254
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Owning Performance | Performing Ownership
Author: Jane Wessel
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047222025X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In 1710, England’s first copyright law gave authors the ability to own their works, but it was not until 1833 that literary property law was extended to protect dramatic performance. Between these dates, generations of playwrights grappled for control over their intellectual property in a cultural and legal environment that treated print differently from performance. As ownership became a central concern for many, actors fought to possess their dramatic parts exclusively, playwrights struggled to control and profit from repeat performances of their works, and managers tried to gain a monopoly over the performance of profitable plays. Owning Performance follows the careers of some of the 18th century’s most influential playwrights, actors, and theater managers as they vied for control over the period’s most popular shows. Without protection for dramatic literary property, these figures developed creative extra-legal strategies for controlling the performance of drama—quite literally performing their ownership. Their various strategies resulted in a culture of ephemerality, with many of the period’s most popular works existing only in performance and manuscript copies. Author Jane Wessel explores how playwrights and actors developed strategies for owning their works and how, in turn, theater managers appropriated these strategies, putting constant pressure on artists to innovate. Owning Performance reveals the wide-reaching effects of property law on theatrical culture, tracing a turn away from print that affected the circulation, preservation, and legacy of 18th century drama.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047222025X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In 1710, England’s first copyright law gave authors the ability to own their works, but it was not until 1833 that literary property law was extended to protect dramatic performance. Between these dates, generations of playwrights grappled for control over their intellectual property in a cultural and legal environment that treated print differently from performance. As ownership became a central concern for many, actors fought to possess their dramatic parts exclusively, playwrights struggled to control and profit from repeat performances of their works, and managers tried to gain a monopoly over the performance of profitable plays. Owning Performance follows the careers of some of the 18th century’s most influential playwrights, actors, and theater managers as they vied for control over the period’s most popular shows. Without protection for dramatic literary property, these figures developed creative extra-legal strategies for controlling the performance of drama—quite literally performing their ownership. Their various strategies resulted in a culture of ephemerality, with many of the period’s most popular works existing only in performance and manuscript copies. Author Jane Wessel explores how playwrights and actors developed strategies for owning their works and how, in turn, theater managers appropriated these strategies, putting constant pressure on artists to innovate. Owning Performance reveals the wide-reaching effects of property law on theatrical culture, tracing a turn away from print that affected the circulation, preservation, and legacy of 18th century drama.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: USA Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1574
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1574
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Women's Theatrical Memoirs, Part I Vol 4
Author: Sue Mcpherson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243835
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
By the close of the Eighteenth Century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection offers accounts of the late eighteenth-century stage, which provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and fame.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243835
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
By the close of the Eighteenth Century, the theatrical memoir had become a popular and established genre. This ten-volume facsimile collection offers accounts of the late eighteenth-century stage, which provide insights into contemporary constructions of gender, sexuality and fame.