Writing the history of the British stage, 1660-1900 / Richard Schoch.
Writing the history of the British stage, 1660-1900 / Richard Schoch.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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G 2017/1489
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English
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Physical content
xii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prelude: On early modern historiography and the inconceivability of theatre history -- Restoration booksellers as theatre historians -- Trivial discourses and persons not worth remembering -- Gerard Langbaine and his progeny -- John Downes and what the prompter saw -- The biography of Biographia Dra...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"This is the first book on British theatre historiography. It traces the practice of theatre history from its origins in the Restoration to its emergence as an academic discipline in the early twentieth century. In this compelling revisionist study, Richard Schoch reclaims the deep history of British theatre history, valorizing the usually overlook...
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Writing the history of the British stage, 1660-1900 / Richard Schoch.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-369) and index.
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©2016
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G 2017/1489
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74VKVVeR25dM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVVeR25dM
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ISBN
1107166926 hardcover
9781107166929 hardcover
DDC
792.0941
MMS ID
991024098387202626
