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Subscription theater : democracy and drama in Britain and Ireland, 1880-1939 / Matthew Franks.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PN2594 .F73 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franks, Matthew, 1987- author.
- Series:
- Material texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Theater--Ireland--History--19th century.
- Theater--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Performing arts--Ticket subscription--Great Britain--History.
- Performing arts.
- Performing arts--Ticket subscription--Ireland--History.
- Theater audiences--Great Britain.
- Theater audiences.
- Theater audiences--Ireland.
- Theater and society--Great Britain.
- Theater and society.
- Theater and society--Ireland.
- Performing arts--Ticket subscription.
- Great Britain.
- Ireland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This book is addresses theater history and material culture, starting with the Victorian theater. It is about audiences' taking back ownership of the plays they saw in theaters. They did this by forming private play-producing societies (also called subscription societies or clubs). The theater subscriptions that we have today descend from these societies. Today's theater canon derives heavily from the plays produced by these societies"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Private Subscription: The Incorporated Stage Society and Ephemeral Repertoire
- ch. 2 Public Subscription: Audience Impressions in Dublin, Glasgow, and Liverpool
- ch. 3 Subscription On and Beyond the Stage
- ch. 4 Affiliative Subscription: Paying to Play with Amateur Groups
- ch. 5 Virtual Subscription: The Mask as Readers' Theater.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780812252477
- 0812252470
- OCLC:
- 1140364660
- Publisher Number:
- 99987013682
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