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" Reflecting the audience : "
by Jim Davis & Victor Emeljanow.
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BL
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1015369
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b769739
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| Main Entry
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Davis, Jim,1949-
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Reflecting the audience : : London theatregoing, 1840-1880 /\ by Jim Davis Victor Emeljanow.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in theatre history and culture
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1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) :: illustrations, map.
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1587294028
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: 9781587294020
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0877457816
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9780877457817
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.
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| Contents
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The Surrey and the Victoria theatres -- The Pavilion theatre, Whitechapel -- The Britannia theatre -- Sadler's Wells theatre -- The Queen's/Prince of Wales's theatre -- The west end -- A National drama: a national theatre and the case of Drury Lane.
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This innovative work begins to fill a large gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of nineteenth-century British theatre audiences. In an attempt to bring some order to the enormous amount of available primary material, Jim Davis and Victor Emeljanow focus on London from 1840, immediately prior to the deregulation of that city's theatres, to 1880, when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for their licensing. In a further attempt to manage their material, they concentrate chapter by chapter on seven representative theatres from four areas: the Sur.
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Theater audiences-- England-- London-- History-- 19th century.
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Theater-- England-- London-- History-- 19th century.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Theater-- History Criticism.
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Theater audiences.
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Theater.
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England, London.
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792/.09421/09034
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PN2596.L6D38 2001eb
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Emeljanow, Victor.
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