Description |
1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Studies in theatre history & culture |
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Studies in theatre history and culture.
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Contents |
Contexts -- Proprietors and practitioners -- Booths, barns, and music halls -- Merely players? -- The anatomy of the Victorian marionette -- Dramas, pantomimes, and screaming farces -- Fantoccini and variety -- Presenting the show -- Apogee and after |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Puppet theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Puppet theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Marionettes -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Marionettes -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Puppets & Puppetry.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Marionettes
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Puppet theater
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Figurentheater
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McCormick, Clodagh
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Phillips, John, 1937-
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ISBN |
9781587295188 |
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1587295180 |
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0877459053 |
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9780877459057 |
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