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A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire by Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

The 19th century ushered in an unprecedented boom in technology, the unification of European nations, the building of global empires and stabilization of the middle classes. The theatre of the era reflected these significant developments as well as helped to catalyse them. Populist theatre and purposebuilt playhouses flourished in the ever-growing urban and cosmopolitan centres of Europe and in expanding global networks. This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre from 1800 to 1920. Highly illustrated with 51 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.

About Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

Peter W. Marx is Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany.

List of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on Contributors Series Preface Editor's Acknowledgements Introduction: Cartographing the Long Nineteenth Century Peter Marx, University of Cologne, Germany 1 Institutional Framework: Britain and Germany 1800 to 1920 Anselm Heinrich, University of Glasgow, UK 2 Social Functions: The Social Function of Theatre Jim Davis, University of Warwick, UK 3 Sexuality and Gender Laurence Senelick, Tufts University, USA 4 The Environment of Theatre Tobias Becker, German Historical Institute London, UK 5 Circulation: Theatrical Mobility and its Professionalization in the Nineteenth Century Nic Leonhardt, University of Cologne, Germany and Stanca Scholz-Cionca, University of Trier, Germany 6 Interpretations: The Interpretation of Theatre Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany 7 Communities of Production Kathleen M. Gough, the University of Vermont, USA, Zoltan Imre, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, Introduction by Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany 8 Repertoire and Genres Christopher Balme, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany 9 Technologies of Performance Sophie Nield, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 10 Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory Derek Miller, Harvard University, USA Notes Bibliography Index

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A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire by Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

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Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

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The Cultural Histories Series

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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2019-08-08

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320

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A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire by Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire Summary

A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire by Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

About Peter Marx (Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany)

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