Format:
1 Online-Ressource (289 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781474208147
Series Statement:
The Cultural Histories Series volume 4
Content:
"French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote, 'the general effect of the theatre is to strengthen the national character to augment the national inclinations, and to give a new energy to all the passions'. During the Enlightenment, the advancement of radical ideas along with the emergence of the bourgeois class contributed to a renewed interest in theatre's efficacy, informed by philosophy yet on behalf of politics. While the 18th century saw a growing desire to define the unique and specific features of a nation's drama, and audiences demanded more realistic portrayals of humanity, theatre is also implicated in this age of revolutions. A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment examines these intersections, informed by the writings of key 18th-century philosophers. Richly illustrated with 45 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES PREFACE; EDITOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction Theatre and the Enlightenment Matrix; THE ENLIGHTENMENT AS MATRIX; ROUSSEAU AND THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THEATRE; DIDEROT AND ENLIGHTENMENT SUBJECTHOOD; THEATRE IN THE MATERIAL WORLD: VOLTAIRE; CHAPTER ONE Institutional Frameworks The State, the Market and the People in the Age of Enlightenment; THE STATE AS LICENSOR; THE MARKET AND THE ART OF MANAGEMENT; PEOPLE, POLICE, NATION
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CHAPTER TWO Social Functions Audiences and AuthorityTHEATRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; LEGISLATIVE AND LEGAL CONTROLS ON THEATRES; THEATRE AS AN EXTENSION OF DIPLOMACY; AUDIENCES: SOCIAL CONTROLS AND AUDIENCE RESPONSES; THEATRE AS AN AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE; THE AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE; INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE RESPONSES; PRIVATE THEATRICALS; CHAPTER THREE Sexuality and Gender Changing Identities; ROLES AND REPRESENTATIONS; MOTHERHOOD AND MARRIAGE; PAY AND PARTICIPATION; CHAPTER FOUR The Environment of Theatre Power, Resistance and Commerce; CIVIC SPACE: THE MONUMENTAL PUBLIC PLAYHOUSE; EXCLUSIVE SPACE
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SPACES OF ALTERITY: FAIRGROUNDS, BOULEVARDS, FESTIVALSCHAPTER FIVE Circulation Emergent Modalities of Intercultural Performance; GARRICK IN FRANCE AND ITALY: THE INFUSION OF CONTINENTAL CULTURES AT HOME; GARRICK AS RECRUITMENT AGENT: THE PAN-EUROPEAN CIRCULATION OF ACTORS AND ACTRESSES; GARRICK'S DIASPORA: THE PLAY AS BOTH IMPERIAL PRODUCT AND BRITISH PROTOTYPE; IN SHORT: CIRCULATION AS CONTINGENCY AND COROLLARY TO PROGRESS; CHAPTER SIX Interpretations From Theatrephobia to a Theatrical 'Science of Man'; DIDEROT'S RELATIONAL DRAMA; PIERRE NICOLE AND THE CONTAGION OF THE STAGE
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RESPONDING TO ATTACK: TOWARDS A MINDFUL AND EMOTIONAL THEATRICAL EVENTCHAPTER SEVEN Communities of Production Eighteenth-Century Acting Companies; SELF-GOVERNANCE AND RIGHTS; THE THEATRE AND SOCIABILITY; STATUS AND CELEBRITY; FROM CRAFT TO PROFESSION; CHAPTER EIGHT Repertoire and Genres Cultural Logics and the Trick of Theatrical Longevity; REPERTORY AND THE BUSINESS OF THE STAGE; GENERIC PREOCCUPATIONS: CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION; TRAGIC POSTERITY AND COMIC FUTURITY; CHAPTER NINE Technologies of Performance Architecture, Scenery, Light; ARCHITECTURE; SCENERY; LIGHT
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CHAPTER TEN Knowledge Transmission Theatrical Intelligence and the Intelligence of TheatreTHE INTELLIGENCE OF THEATRE; THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE; KNOW THY SELF, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472585752
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1350135453
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350135451
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350135444
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1350135445
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472585844
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Leon, Mechele A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, ©2019 ISBN 9781472585752
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781474208147
