Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Burwick, Frederick (1936-....)
Titre(s) : British drama of the industrial revolution [Texte imprimé] / Frederick Burwick
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-310 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; 1. Playing the provinces ; 2. Patronage: merchants, tradesmen ;
3. Combination acts and friendly societies ; 4. Weavers ; 5. Mines and mills ;
6. King Ludd, Captain Swing, Captain Rock ; 7. Vagrants, beggars ; 8. Poachers,
smugglers, wreckers, coiners ; 9. Explosions, conflagrations, and other happy endings.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-287) and index
"Between the advent of the French Revolution and the short-lived success of the Chartist
Movement, overworked and underpaid labourers struggled to achieve solidarity and collective
bargaining. That history has been told in numerous accounts of the age, but never
before has it been told in terms of the theatre of the period. To understand the play
lists of a theatre, it is crucial to examine the community which that theatre serves.
In the labouring-class communities of London and the provinces, the performances were
adapted to suit the local audiences, whether weavers, or miners, or field workers.
Examining the conditions and characteristics of representative provincial theatres
from the 1790s to 1830s, Frederick Burwick argues that the meaning of a play changes
with every change in the performance location. As contributing factors in that change,
Burwick attends to local political and cultural circumstances as well as to theatrical
activities and developments elsewhere"
Sujet(s) : Théâtre -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Théâtre (genre littéraire) anglais -- 19e siècle
Classe ouvrière -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107111653. - ISBN 110711165X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443773684
Notice n° :
FRBNF44377368
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
