During the Romantic period, the theatre was the most popular form of entertainment and as such offered exciting opportunities for financial, professional, and social gain. Because it was widely recognized as an important cultural site, the theatre was also viewed as a vital way to reach the public, whether for the purposes of moral education, as in the case of Joanna Baillie, or political education, in the case of John Keats. Given its cultural prominence, the theatre was also a target of various efforts to improve it, which William Hazlitt aimed to do through his criticism, and manager John Philip Kemble through frequent staging of Shakespearean dramas. These four figures launched ambitious projects aimed at bettering the stage and educati...
In these uncertain times regional producing theatres, historically subordinate to the metropolitan e...
Revising British Aestheticism: Critics, Audiences, and the Problem of Aesthetic Education focuses on...
The purpose of this study is to explain some of the major conventions and problems of the Elizabetha...
Bringing together studies in theater history, print culture, and literature, this book offers a new ...
Based on extensive archival research, this thesis offers an entirely new perspective on popular Shak...
Includes bibliographical references.This study examines the relationship between cultural trends of ...
There are several techniques employed in presenting any art form. Stage is one of the most important...
The early decades of the nineteenth century in England experienced an innovation in literature. Ther...
This thesis addresses three aspects of the relationship between audience, playhouse and play in Rest...
Historically, Shakespeare's function in the American school curriculum has changed from being a vehi...
In the period 1890-1914, such playwrights as G. B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Harley Granville Barker, Henry...
The purpose of this work is twofold. As one among many practitioners in educational dramatics, I wis...
The art of the stage.--Charles Kean.--Samuel Phelps-Charles Alexander Calvert.--Calvert's successors...
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, sport and amusement became increasingly popular to everyone. E...
This collection of new essays explores the social, political, and economic pressures under which the...
In these uncertain times regional producing theatres, historically subordinate to the metropolitan e...
Revising British Aestheticism: Critics, Audiences, and the Problem of Aesthetic Education focuses on...
The purpose of this study is to explain some of the major conventions and problems of the Elizabetha...
Bringing together studies in theater history, print culture, and literature, this book offers a new ...
Based on extensive archival research, this thesis offers an entirely new perspective on popular Shak...
Includes bibliographical references.This study examines the relationship between cultural trends of ...
There are several techniques employed in presenting any art form. Stage is one of the most important...
The early decades of the nineteenth century in England experienced an innovation in literature. Ther...
This thesis addresses three aspects of the relationship between audience, playhouse and play in Rest...
Historically, Shakespeare's function in the American school curriculum has changed from being a vehi...
In the period 1890-1914, such playwrights as G. B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Harley Granville Barker, Henry...
The purpose of this work is twofold. As one among many practitioners in educational dramatics, I wis...
The art of the stage.--Charles Kean.--Samuel Phelps-Charles Alexander Calvert.--Calvert's successors...
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, sport and amusement became increasingly popular to everyone. E...
This collection of new essays explores the social, political, and economic pressures under which the...
In these uncertain times regional producing theatres, historically subordinate to the metropolitan e...
Revising British Aestheticism: Critics, Audiences, and the Problem of Aesthetic Education focuses on...
The purpose of this study is to explain some of the major conventions and problems of the Elizabetha...