Overview

"From Philip Henslowe to David Merrick, the producer or theatre manager has generally been seen as a combination of Shylock and Simon Legree, usurer and slavedriver, wholly concerned with profit and loss, indifferent to art and artists. Yet no single person has greater responsibility in what George Henry Lewes called the ""perilous game"" of play prod"

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Author:   Joseph W. Donohue
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   3523
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780691647036

ISBN 10:   0691647038
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*List of Illustrations, pg. xi*Introduction. The Theatrical Manager and the Uses of Theatrical Research, pg. 1*Philip Henslowe, pg. 19*One of God Almighty's Unaccountables Tate Wilkinson of York, pg. 63*""King Stephen"" of the Park and Drury Lane, pg. 87*The Theatrical Management of Edwin Booth, pg. 143*Wyndham of Wyndham's, pg. 189*Contributors, pg. 215"

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