New Readings in Theatre History by Jacky Bratton

Abstract:

Jacky Bratton's indispensable and often provocative study, which provides new and alternative readings of nineteenth· century English theatre, encourages not only a re-interpretation of the theatrical past but also an interrogation of the way in which British theatre history came to be written and recorded in the first place. The book is divided into two sections. The first provides an overview of current issues in theatre historiography and a background to the remainder of the study, a series of closely argued case studies. The first section focuses particularly on London theatre prior to and after the passing of the first Reform Bill and the Report of the Select Committee on Dramatic Litera-ture in 1832. Bratton initially demonstrates how we can reassess nineteenth-century performance culture through reading playbills for more than factual detail. Not only do playbills from the 1830S reveal the struggle between legitimate …

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2004

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