Actresses On The Victorian Stage

Author : Gail Marshall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521620163

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Actresses on the Victorian Stage by Gail Marshall Pdf

Gail Marshall argues that the professional and personal history of the Victorian actress was largely defined by her negotiation with the sculptural metaphor, and that this was authorized and determined by the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Drawing on evidence of theatrical fictions, visual representations and popular culture's assimilation of the sculptural image, as well as theatrical productions, she examines some of the manifestations of the sculptural metaphor on the legitimate English stage, and its implications for the actress in the later nineteenth century. Within the legitimate theatre, the 'Galatea-aesthetic' positioned actresses as predominantly visual and sexual commodities whose opportunities for interpretative engagement with their plays were minimal. This dominant aesthetic was effectively challenged only at the end of the century, with the advent of the 'New' drama, and the emergence of a body of autobiographical writings by actresses.

Author : Giovanna Buonanno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8890091703

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International actresses on the victorian stage by Giovanna Buonanno Pdf

Author : Janice Norwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526133326

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Victorian Touring Actresses by Janice Norwood Pdf

Victorian touring actresses provides a fresh perspective on nineteenth-century theatre and the careers of previously neglected British women who had once starred at home and abroad. Chapters explore debuts, establishing a name, working life in the UK, touring North America, long-distance colonial touring, management, offstage life and ageing.

Author : Tracy C. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134934461

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Actresses as Working Women by Tracy C. Davis Pdf

Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and feminist theory she looks at representations of women on stage, and the meanings associated with and generated by them.

Author : Renata Kobetts Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1474439527

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The Victorian Actress in the Novel and on the Stage by Renata Kobetts Miller Pdf

This book analyses how Victorian novels and plays used the actress, a significant figure for the relationship between women and the public sphere, to define their own place within and among genres and in relation to audiences.

Author : Michael Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317399100

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The Rise of the Victorian Actor by Michael Baker Pdf

Originally published in 1978. Between 1830 and 1890 the English theatre became recognisably modern. Standards of acting and presentation improved immeasurably, new playwrights emerged, theatres became more comfortable and more intimate and playgoing became a national pastime with all classes. The actor’s status rose accordingly. In 1830 he had been little better than a social outcast; by 1880 he had become a member of a skilled, relatively well-paid and respected profession which was attracting new recruits in unprecedented numbers. This is a social history of Victorian actors which seeks to show how wider social attitudes and developments affected the changing status of acting as a profession. Thus the stage’s relationship with the professional world and the other arts is dealt with and is followed by an assessment of the moral and religious background which played so decisive a part in contemporary attitudes to actors. The position of actresses in particular is given special consideration. Many non-theatrical sources are used here and there is a survey of salaries and working conditions in the theatre to show how the rising social status of the actor was matched by changes in his theatrical standing. A novel area of study is covered in tracing the changing social composition of the acting profession over the period and in exploring the case-histories of three generations of performers.

Author : Kerry Powell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521471671

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Women and Victorian Theatre by Kerry Powell Pdf

This important book chronicles the growing role of women playwrights, managers and actresses in the Victorian theatre.

Author : Alfred Darbyshire
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021260126

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The Art of the Victorian Stage; Notes and Recollections by Alfred Darbyshire Pdf

This fascinating book explores the world of the Victorian stage, with an emphasis on the artistry of some of the greatest actors and actresses of the period. With detailed descriptions and personal recollections, this book offers a vivid picture of what the theater was like in the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Donald Mullin
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015002921709

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Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review by Donald Mullin Pdf

An informative and scholarly survey by Donald Mullin, Victorian Actors and Actresses in Review, compiles extensive critical assessments by contemporary reviewers of some 250 British and American players who performed between 1837 and 1901. Backstage

Author : Alfred Darbyshire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Theater
ISBN : OCLC:1120854613

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The Art of the Victorian Stage by Alfred Darbyshire Pdf

Author : Michael R. Booth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991-07-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521348374

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Theatre in the Victorian Age by Michael R. Booth Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the theatre practice and dramatic literature of the Victorian period.

Author : Nell Darby
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781473882454

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Life on the Victorian Stage by Nell Darby Pdf

The expansion of the press in Victorian Britain meant more pages to be filled, and more stories to be found. Life on the Victorian Stage: Theatrical Gossip looks at how the everyday lives of Victorian performers and managers were used for such a purpose, with the British newspapers covering the good, the bad and the ugly side of life on the stage during the nineteenth century. Viewed through the prism of Victorian newspapers, and in particular through their gossip columns, this book looks at the perils facing actors from financial disasters or insecurity to stalking, from libel cases to criminal trials and offers an alternative view of the Victorian theatrical profession.This thoroughly researched and entertaining study looks at how the Victorian press covered the theatrical profession and, in particular, how it covered the misfortunes actors faced. It shows how the development of gossip columns and papers specializing in theater coverage enabled fans to gain an insight into their favorite performers lives that broke down the public-private divide of the stage and helped to create a very modern celebrity culture.The book looks at how technological developments enabled the press to expose the behavior of actors overseas, such as when actor Fred Solomon's' bigamy in America was revealed. It looks at the pressures facing actors, which could lead to suicide, and the impact of the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act on what the newspapers covered, with theatrical divorce cases coming to form a significant part of their coverage in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Other major events, from theater disasters to the murder of actor William Terriss, are explored within the context of press reportage and its impact. The lives of those in the theatrical profession are put into their wider social context to explore how they lived, and how they were perceived by press and public in Victorian Britain.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1622 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317398929

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Routledge Library Editions: Victorian Theatre by Various Pdf

Reissuing works originally published between 1971 and 1981, this compact set offers an outstanding collection of scholarship devoted to 19th Century, Victorian, theatre. A small set of performance history and criticism, this set includes a biography of Henry Irving, a look at the rise of the status of a career as actor, and a consideration of the advent of dramatic criticism. These volumes present together a lively picture of the development of the contemporary theatre.

Author : Kirsten Pullen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521541026

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Actresses and Whores by Kirsten Pullen Pdf

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Author : Amy Lehman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454716

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Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance by Amy Lehman Pdf

Spiritualists in the nineteenth century spoke of the "Borderland," a shadowy threshold where the living communed with the dead, and where those in the material realm could receive comfort or advice from another world. The skilled performances of mostly female actors and performers made the "Borderland" a theatre, of sorts, in which dramas of revelation and recognition were produced in the forms of seances, trances, and spiritualist lectures. This book examines some of the most fascinating American and British actresses of the Victorian era, whose performances fairly mesmerized their audiences of amused skeptics and ardent believers. It also focuses on the transformative possibilities of the spiritualist theatre, revealing how the performances allowed Victorian women to speak, act, and create outside the boundaries of their restricted social and psychological roles.