Theatre in the Victorian Age

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Paperback | 4 November 1991

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This book examines all major aspects of theatre practice and dramatic literature of the Victorian period. Michael Booth's comprehensive survey explores the social and cultural context of the theatre including theatre management, the audience, architecture and production methods, acting and the job of actor, as well as the drama itself. Within this framework, Booth discusses such topics as the effect on theatre of population growth and the spread of the railway system, the typical organization of a Victorian theatre company, the contribution to theatre of several important actor-managers, the use of stage machinery and lighting instruments, and the stock company and rehearsal system. The volume also includes a chapter on sources, numerous previously unpublished illustrations, and a chronology. The result is a lively and informative account of the diversity, energy, and colour of the Victorian stage. Theatre in the Victorian Age will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre history, Victorian studies, cultural history and literature.

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"Booth's extensive knowledge of the field is evident throughout; he organizes a great amount of interesting information, and recounts it in a relaxed, conversational style." Essays in Theatre "Booth's latest contribution to the field is both fascinating and authoritative... Both [Booth's book and Stephens's book, The Profession of the Playwright: British Theatre 1800-1900] will come to occupy well-deserved places as standard works of nineteenth-century social and theatre history." Victorian Studies

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List of illustrations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Chronology	p. xv
Theatre and society	p. 1
Audiences and social class	p. 2
Population growth and new theatres	p. 3
Audience composition	p. 6
The music hall	p. 11
Railways	p. 14
Provincial theatres	p. 16
Touring companies	p. 18
Religious attitudes to theatre	p. 21
Management	p. 27
Managerial responsibilities	p. 28
Motivation and capital investment	p. 31
Company organisation and expenses	p. 33
Revenue and pricing policy	p. 38
Macready	p. 41
Vestris	p. 44
Phelps	p. 46
Charles Kean	p. 47
Calvert and Saker	p. 49
Wilton and Bancroft	p. 52
Irving	p. 54
Dominance of the actor-manager	p. 55
Playhouse and production	p. 58
The auditorium	p. 58
Sanitation	p. 66
Safety and fire protection	p. 67
The stage and stage machinery	p. 70
Scene-painting	p. 80
Lighting and scenic effect	p. 82
Sound effects	p. 93
Technical rehearsals	p. 94
Pictorialism and archaeology	p. 95
Realism	p. 96
The actor	p. 99
Going on stage	p. 99
Workload	p. 102
Rehearsals	p. 104
Touring company employment	p. 109
The West End actor	p. 111
Actresses	p. 112
Costume and makeup	p. 114
Wages	p. 117
Pictorialisation and elevation	p. 120
Vocal delivery and music	p. 121
Acting space	p. 124
The point	p. 125
The stock company and lines of business	p. 125
Melodramatic acting	p. 129
Transvestism and duration	p. 130
Realism, refinement and the domestic	p. 131
Approaches to acting	p. 133
Psychology	p. 137
Dramatists and the drama	p. 141
Income and copyright	p. 142
Censorship and audience taste	p. 145
Tragedy	p. 148
Knowles	p. 149
Melodrama	p. 150
Middle-class prejudice	p. 162
Class hatred	p. 163
Business crime	p. 164
Boucicault	p. 167
Ibsen	p. 169
Jones and Pinero	p. 174
Shaw and Wilde	p. 176
Comedy	p. 178
Robertson	p. 182
Byron	p. 184
Gilbert	p. 185
1890s comedy	p. 187
Farce	p. 189
Planche and extravaganza	p. 194
Burlesque	p. 196
Pantomime	p. 198
Sources	p. 203
Index	p. 210
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