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POPULAR THEATRES OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FRANCE
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| By: |
John McCormick |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£145.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415088542 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415088541 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 January, 1993 |
| Pages: |
266 |
| Description: |
Provides an account of how popular theatre developed in France from the fairground booths of the 18th century to become a vehicle of mass entertainment in the following century. This text focuses on the social and economic context in which vaudevilles, pantomimes and melodramas were performed. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, 126 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |