The Victorian Marionette Theatre
In this fascinating and colorful book, researcher and performer John McCormick focuses on the marionette world of Victorian Britain between its heyday after 1860 and its waning years from 1895 to 1914. Situating the rich and diverse puppet theatre in the context of entertainment culture, he explores both the aesthetics of these dancing dolls and their sociocultural significance in their life and time. The history of marionette performances is interwoven with liveactor performances and with the entire gamut of annual fairs, portable and permanent theatres, music halls, magic lantern shows, waxworks, panoramas, and sideshows. McCormick has draw…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: McCormick, Clodagh / Phillips, John
- ISBN: 978-0-87745-912-5
- EAN: 9780877459125
- Produktnummer: 1528971
- Verlag: University of Iowa Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H15.3 cm x B22.8 cm x D2.5 cm 436 g
- Abbildungen: 51 b/w photographs, 16 colour photographs
- Gewicht: 436
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
A fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and director of Ireland's first university theatre department, John McCormick took early retirement in 1998 to work full-time as a puppet researcher and performer. His publications include People's Theatre, Popular Theatres of Nineteenth-Century France, Dion Boucicault (1820-1890), and (with Bennie Pratasik) Popular Puppet Theatre in Europe, 1800-1914.
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