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1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations, photographs. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Theatre Symposium ; Volume 22
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Theatre symposium ; Volume 22.
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Introduction; "Totally Original": Daly, Boucicault, and Commercial Art in Late Nineteenth Century Drama / George Pate; Luggage, Lodgings, and Landladies: The Practicalities for Actresses on the British Provincial Circuits in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Christine Woodworth; "The Mind of an Adult, the Heart of a Girl": Constructing Margo Jones in Rehearsal / Boone J. Hopkins; Puttin' the Profit in Nonprofit Broadway Theatre Companies / Dean Adams. |
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Commercial Necessities: Reviving Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company at the Turn of the Millennium / Jeff TurnerPower in Weakness: Musicals in Poland under Communism / Jacek Mikolajczyk; The Recent Trend in Licensed Broadway Musicals in South Korea: Hybrid Cultural Products of K-Drama and K-Pop / Jae Kyoung Kim; Stages of Experience: Theatrical Connections between the Seven Stages of Experience and Historical Museums / Erin Scheibe; Grover's Corners Gets Sexy: The Appealing Dissonance of David Cromer's Our Town / Tony Gunn. |
| Summary |
That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of contemporary live performance. The eleven contributors to this fascinating collection illuminate many aspects of commercial theatre and how best to examine it. George Pate analyzes the high-stakes implication of a melodramatic legal battle. Christine Woodworth recounts the difficulties encountered by. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Drama -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. -- Congresses.
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Drama. |
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Performing arts -- Congresses.
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Performing arts. |
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Theater -- Congresses.
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Theater. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, David (David S.), editor.
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Barnette, Jane, editor.
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Lawson, Randy, photographer.
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Owenby, Leah, designer.
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Print version: Broadway and beyond : commercial theatre considered. [Tuscaloosa, Alabama] : The University Alabama Press, ©2014 137 pages Theatre symposium ; Volume 22 9780817370091 |
| ISBN |
9780817387860 (electronic book) |
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0817387862 (electronic book) |
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9780817370091 |
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0817370099 |
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9780817370091 |
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