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Theatre and Celebrity in Britain 1660-2000 2005 Edition
Contributor(s): Luckhurst, Mary (Author), Moody, Jane (Author)

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 ISBN: 1403946825     ISBN-13: 9781403946829
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE: $52.24  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2005
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Annotation: These exciting essays explore aspects of fame, notoriety and transgression in a wide range of performers and playwrights including David Garrick, Oscar Wilde, Ellen Terry, Laurence Olivier and Sarah Kane, examining the ingenious ways in which these stars have negotiated fame. The essays also analyze the complex relationships between discourses of celebrity and questions of gender, spectatorship and the operation of cultural markets.
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2005049679
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 8.24" W x 8.8" L (0.97 lbs) 248 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2006 pg. 2005
 
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Theatre has always been a site for selling outrage and sensation, a place where public reputations are made and destroyed in spectacular ways. This is the first book to investigate the construction and production of celebrity in the British theatre. These exciting essays explore aspects of fame, notoriety and transgression in a wide range of performers and playwrights including David Garrick, Oscar Wilde, Ellen Terry, Laurence Olivier and Sarah Kane. This pioneering volume examines the ingenious ways in which these stars have negotiated their own fame. The essays also analyze the complex relationships between discourses of celebrity and questions of gender, spectatorship and the operation of cultural markets.
 
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