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Celebrity, Performance, Reception - British Georgian Theatre as Social Assemblage (Paperback)
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Celebrity, Performance, Reception - British Georgian Theatre as Social Assemblage (Paperback)
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By 1800 London had as many theatre seats for sale as the city's
population. This was the start of the capital's rise as a centre
for performing arts. Bringing to life a period of extraordinary
theatrical vitality, David Worrall re-examines the beginnings of
celebrity culture amidst a monopolistic commercial theatrical
marketplace. The book presents an innovative transposition of
social assemblage theory into performance history. It argues that
the cultural meaning of drama changes with every change in the
performance location. This theoretical model is applied to a wide
range of archival materials including censors' manuscripts, theatre
ledger books, performance schedules, unfamiliar play texts and rare
printed sources. By examining prompters' records, box office
receipts and benefit night takings, the study questions the status
of David Garrick, Sarah Siddons and Edmund Kean, and recovers the
neglected actress, Elizabeth Younge, and her importance to Edmund
Burke.
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