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Author:

Clay, Lauren.

Title:

Stagestruck : the business of theater in eighteenth-century France and its colonies / Lauren R. Clay.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Theater and society--France--History--18th century.
Theater and society--West Indies, French--History--18th century.
Theater--History--France--History--18th century.
Theater--History--West Indies, French--History--18th century.
Theater management--France--History--18th century.
Theater management--West Indies, French--History--18th century.
France--Social life and customs--18th century.
West Indies, French--Social life and customs--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-326) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the making of a French theater industry -- Investing in the arts -- Designing the civic playhouse -- The extent and limits of state intervention -- Directors and the business of performing -- The work of acting -- Consumers of culture -- The production of theater in the colonies -- Epilogue: culture, commerce, and the state.

ISBN:

0801450381 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801450389 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)806221788

LCCN:

2012032827

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)