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The Making of the West End Stage - Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830-1870 (Paperback)
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The Making of the West End Stage - Marriage, Management and the Mapping of Gender in London, 1830-1870 (Paperback)
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All roads lead to London - and to the West End theatre. This book
presents a new history of the beginnings of the modern world of
London entertainment. Putting female-centred, gender-challenging
managements and styles at the centre, it redraws the map of
performance history in the Victorian capital of the world. Bratton
argues for the importance in Victorian culture of venues like the
little Strand Theatre and the Gallery of Illustration in Regent
Street in the experience of mid-century London, and of plays drawn
from the work of Charles Dickens as well as burlesques by the early
writers of Punch. Discovering a much more dynamic and often
woman-led entertainment industry at the heart of the British
Empire, this book seeks a new understanding of the work of women
including Eliza Vestris, Mary Ann Keeley and Marie Wilton in
creating the template for a magical new theatre of music, feeling
and spectacle.
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