Box, Pit, and Gallery / James J. Lynch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynch, James J., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

CHAPTER ONE. The Mid-Eighteenth Century

CHAPTER TWO. The Theatrical Season

CHAPTER THREE. New Drama on the Stage

CHAPTER FOUR. Revived Non-Shakespearean Drama

CHAPTER FIVE. The Shakespearean Heritage of the Mid-Century Stage

CHAPTER SIX. The Shakespearean Revival

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Manager

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Actor

CHAPTER NINE. The Playwright

CHAPTER TEN. The Audience

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Fashions and Fancies

CHAPTER TWELVE. Novelty and Variety

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Politics and Patriotism

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Morals and Sentiment

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Spectator as Critic

NOTES

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF PLAYS

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520349438

0520349431

OCLC:

1198932028