A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire

Peter W. Marx is Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany.

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Notes on Contributors

Series Preface

Editor's Acknowledgements

Introduction: Cartographing the Long Nineteenth Century
Peter Marx, University of Cologne, Germany

1 Institutional Framework: Britain and Germany 1800 to 1920
Anselm Heinrich, University of Glasgow, UK

2 Social Functions: The Social Function of Theatre
Jim Davis, University of Warwick, UK

3 Sexuality and Gender
Laurence Senelick, Tufts University, USA

4 The Environment of Theatre
Tobias Becker, German Historical Institute London, UK

5 Circulation: Theatrical Mobility and its Professionalization in the Nineteenth Century
Nic Leonhardt, University of Cologne, Germany and Stanca Scholz-Cionca, University of Trier, Germany

6 Interpretations: The Interpretation of Theatre
Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany

7 Communities of Production
Kathleen M. Gough, the University of Vermont, USA, Zoltan Imre, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, Introduction by Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany

8 Repertoire and Genres
Christopher Balme, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

9 Technologies of Performance
Sophie Nield, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

10 Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory
Derek Miller, Harvard University, USA

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Index