Queen Victoria and the Theatre of Her Age
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-3297-6 (ISBN)
A fresh and intimate portrait of Queen Victoria 'at the play'. Through Victoria's diary, artwork and correspondence we see her as enraptured spectator, bountiful patron and tyrannical director of private theatricals. At times she appears formidable. More frequently she is impudent, high-spirited and unruly; a woman who delights in gory melodramas and circus acts. Queen Victoria and the Theatre of Her Age gives readers a deeply personal account of her lifelong devotion to the stage. It will appeal to anyone interested in monarchy's place in popular culture.
RICHARD W. SCHOCH is Reader in Drama and Theatre History at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous works include Not Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Victorian Stage, and Victorian Theatrical Burlesques. The recipient of fellowships from The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Leverhulme Trust, and The American Society for Theatre Research, he has been shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize and the Barnard Hewitt Award.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Prologue PART I: AT HOME Paying A Visit to the Crown En Amateur Our Little Theatre Hush Money Suspended, not Destroyed PART II: IN LONDON At the Play The Lions Repaid All Royally to Play a Native Part Little People (Good and Bad) Vulgar Victorian Trash PART III: THE QUEEN'S EXAMPLE The Queen is Alarmed Arise, Sir - - -! Refuge at the Foot of the Throne Epilogue: A Giddy Whirl of Theatre-going Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.1.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XX, 235 p. |
| Verlagsort | Gordonsville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4039-3297-2 / 1403932972 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4039-3297-6 / 9781403932976 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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