Celebrity, performance, reception : British Georgian theatre as social assemblage /

Worrall, David.

Celebrity, performance, reception : British Georgian theatre as social assemblage / David Worrall. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: theatre, performance and social assemblage theory -- Theatrical assemblages and theatrical markets -- Georgian performance and the assemblage model -- Theatrical celebrity as social assemblage: from Garrick to Kean -- Celebrity networks: Kean and Siddons -- A working theatrical assemblage: 1790s -- Representations of naval conflict -- Theatrical assemblage populations: the Turkish ambassador's visits to London playhouses, 1794 -- Historicizing the theatrical assemblage: Marie Antoinette and the theatrical queens -- The regulatory assemblage: the Roman actor and the politics of self-censorship -- Conclusion.



9781107417632


Theater--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Theater audiences--History--Great Britain--18th century.


Electronic Books.

PN2593 / .C454 2013