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Loading... Popular Theatres of Nineteenth Century Franceby John McCormick
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This is the only book to provide an account of how popular theatre developed from the fairground booths of the eighteenth century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. Whereas other studies offer a traditional approach to the theatres of high culture, John McCormick takes the role of impartial historian, uncovering the popular theatres of the boulevards, suburbs and fairgrounds. He focuses on the social and economic context in which vaudevilles, pantomimes and melodramas were performed, and explores the audiences who enjoyed them. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)792.094409034The arts Recreational and performing arts Stage presentations, Theatre Standard subdivisions and types of stage presentation History, geographic treatment, biography; Description, critical appraisal of specific theatres and companies Europe France & MonacoLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |