TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burwick,Frederick
TI  - British Drama of the Industrial Revolution
SN  - 9781316276082
AV  - PN2594 .B86 2015
U1  - 792.0941/09034 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Theater
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - English drama
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Working class
KW  - Théâtre
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Théâtre anglais
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Travailleurs
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Industrielle Revolution
KW  - gnd
KW  - Arbeiter
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. Playing the provinces -- 2. Patronage: merchants, tradesmen -- 3. Combination acts and friendly societies -- 4. Weavers -- 5. Mines and mills -- 6. King Ludd, Captain Swing, Captain Rock -- 7. Vagrants, beggars -- 8. Poachers, smugglers, wreckers, coiners -- 9. Explosions, conflagrations, and other happy endings
N2  - "Between the advent of the French Revolution and the short-lived success of the Chartist Movement, overworked and underpaid labourers struggled to achieve solidarity and collective bargaining. That history has been told in numerous accounts of the age, but never before has it been told in terms of the theatre of the period. To understand the play lists of a theatre, it is crucial to examine the community which that theatre serves. In the labouring-class communities of London and the provinces, the performances were adapted to suit the local audiences, whether weavers, or miners, or field workers. Examining the conditions and characteristics of representative provincial theatres from the 1790s to 1830s, Frederick Burwick argues that the meaning of a play changes with every change in the performance location. As contributing factors in that change, Burwick attends to local political and cultural circumstances as well as to theatrical activities and developments elsewhere"--
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