A Stage for Debate : : The Political Significance of Vienna’s Burgtheater, 1814–1867 / / Martin Wagner.

A Stage for Debate presents a detailed analysis of the repertoire of the leading German-language stage of the nineteenth century, Vienna’s Burgtheater. The book explores the extent to which the Burgtheater repertoire contributed to important political and cultural debates on individual liberty, the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:German and European Studies ; 49
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 2 b&w illustrations, 2 b&w figures
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Reassessing the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Burgtheater
  • 1 What Makes a Theatre Politically Signifcant?
  • 2 Making the Burgtheater Repertoire
  • 3 The Scope of the Burgtheater Repertoire
  • 4 Mourning and Reforming Obedience
  • 5 Performing the Women’s Movement
  • 6 The Drama of National and Regional Belonging
  • Conclusion: The Mid-Nineteenth-Century Burgtheater as a Case Study
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index