A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Enlightenment [4] 1472585755, 9781472585752
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Table of contents :
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
SERIES PREFACE
EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Introduction: Theatre and the Enlightenment Matrix / Mechele Leon
1. Institutional Frameworks: The State, the Market and the People in the Age of Enlightenment / John O’Brien
2. Social Functions: Audiences and Authority / David Worrall
3. Sexuality and Gender: Changing Identities / Helen E. M. Brooks
4. The Environment of Theatre: Power, Resistance and Commerce / Mechele Leon
5. Circulation: Emergent Modalities of Intercultural Performance / Mita Choudhury
6. Interpretations: From Theatrephobia to a Theatrical ‘Science of Man’ / Logan J. Connors
7. Communities of Production: Eighteenth-Century Acting Companies / Deborah C. Payne
8. Repertoire and Genres: Cultural Logics and the Trick of Theatrical Longevity / Lisa A. Freeman
9. Technologies of Performance: Architecture, Scenery, Light / Pannill Camp
10. Knowledge Transmission: Theatrical Intelligence and the Intelligence of Theatre / Daniel O’Quinn
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
SERIES PREFACE
EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Introduction: Theatre and the Enlightenment Matrix / Mechele Leon
1. Institutional Frameworks: The State, the Market and the People in the Age of Enlightenment / John O’Brien
2. Social Functions: Audiences and Authority / David Worrall
3. Sexuality and Gender: Changing Identities / Helen E. M. Brooks
4. The Environment of Theatre: Power, Resistance and Commerce / Mechele Leon
5. Circulation: Emergent Modalities of Intercultural Performance / Mita Choudhury
6. Interpretations: From Theatrephobia to a Theatrical ‘Science of Man’ / Logan J. Connors
7. Communities of Production: Eighteenth-Century Acting Companies / Deborah C. Payne
8. Repertoire and Genres: Cultural Logics and the Trick of Theatrical Longevity / Lisa A. Freeman
9. Technologies of Performance: Architecture, Scenery, Light / Pannill Camp
10. Knowledge Transmission: Theatrical Intelligence and the Intelligence of Theatre / Daniel O’Quinn
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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