Stagestruck : : The Business of Theater in Eighteenth-Century France and Its Colonies / / Lauren R. Clay.
Stagestruck traces the making of a vibrant French theater industry between the reign of Louis XIV and the French Revolution. During this era more than eighty provincial and colonial cities celebrated the inauguration of their first public playhouses. These theaters emerged as the most prominent urba...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 13 halftones, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Making of a French Theater Industry
- 1. Investing in the Arts
- 2. Designing the Civic Playhouse
- 3. The Extent and Limits of State Intervention
- 4. Directors and the Business of Performing
- 5. The Work of Acting
- 6. Consumers of Culture
- 7. The Production of Theater in the Colonies
- Epilogue: Culture, Commerce, and the State
- Appendix: Timeline of Inaugurations and Significant Renovations of Dedicated Public Theaters in France and the French Colonies, 1671-1789
- Notes
- Bibliography of Primary Sources
- Index