Theatre and Celebrity in Britain 1660-2000 (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Theatre has always been a site for selling outrage and sensation, a place where public reputations are made and destroyed in spectacular ways. This is the first book to investigate the construction and production of celebrity in the British theatre. These exciting essays explore aspects of fame, notoriety and transgression in a wide range of performers and playwrights including David Garrick, Oscar Wilde, Ellen Terry, Laurence Olivier and Sarah Kane. This pioneering volume examines the ingenious ways in which these stars have negotiated their own fame. The essays also analyze the complex relationships between discourses of celebrity and questions of gender, spectatorship and the operation of cultural markets.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Mary Luckhurst • Jane Moody
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-4682-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-4039-4682-5
Barcode:	9781403946829

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