Jacky Bratton

The Victorian Clown

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The Victorian Clown unlocks the secrets of Victorian comedy, letting us into the gaudy world of the circus through the life and works of two professional clowns. James Henry Frowde ran away at 16 to join the famous Henglers circus, and this volume contains his previously unpublished account of life on the road. Also included is the gag book of another professional clown, Thomas Lawrence, dating from 1871, providing a unique insight into his nightly performances in gas-lit tents all over Victorian England.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Featherstone, Ann

ISBN: 978-0-521-81666-3
EAN: 9780521816663
Produktnummer: 2145954
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 573 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 573

Über den Autor

Jacky Bratton is Professor of Theatre and Cultural History in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of New Readings in Theatre History (Cambridge University Press, 2003), and, with Julie Hankey, is Joint Series Editor of the Shakespeare in Production series published by Cambridge University Press. She also discusses theatre history on BBC radio. Ann Featherstone is Research Assistant in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. Her interests encompass popular entertainment and culture, and she has published on subjects such as public entertainments, the diary of a Victorian theatre-goer in Nottingham, and the portable theatres in Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film and Early Popular Visual Culture. She is also a part-time lecturer in theatre history and popular culture at the University of Manchester.