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  3. The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2006
Print publication year:
2004
Online ISBN:
9780511999543
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL052179157X
Collection:
Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Subjects:
Literature, British Theatre, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
Series:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Book description

This 2004 Companion is designed for readers interested in the creation, production and interpretation of Victorian and Edwardian theatre, both in its own time and on the contemporary stage. The volume opens with a brief overview and introduction surveying the theatre of the time followed by an essay contextualizing the theatre within the frame of Victorian and Edwardian culture as a whole. Succeeding chapters examine specific aspects of performance, production, and theatre, including the music, the actors, stagecraft and the audiences themselves; plays and playwriting and issues of class and gender are also explored. Chapters also deal with comedy, farce and melodrama, while other essays bring forward new topics and approaches that cross the boundaries of traditional investigation, including analysis of the economics of theatre and of the theatricality of personal identity.

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'This is a fascinating and informative addition to the Cambridge Companions to Literature series.'

Source: Reference Reviews

'All the contributions to this undeniably useful enterprise are sufficiently expert to ensure it a place on undergraduate and graduate reading-lists …'.

Source: Journal of Theatre Research International

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