Lively Arts of the London Stage, 1675–1725
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Anne Bracegirdle
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Breeches Role
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Colley Cibber
Congreve
cross-disciplinary arts
dance and madness
daniel
Dorset Garden Theatre
Dramatic Opera
drury
Drury Lane
Early Eighteenth Century Londoners
early modern drama
English Cantata
English opera history
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Faustina Bordoni
fields
finger
Finger's Setting
Finger’s Setting
Francesca Cuzzoni
gottfried
Gottfried Finger
Hester Santlow
inn
lane
Lincoln's Inn Field Theatre
Lincoln's Inn Fields
lincolns
Lincoln’s Inn Field Theatre
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London stage cultural analysis
performance studies
Racine's Andromaque
Racine’s Andromaque
Restoration theatre
Richard Leveridge
Rival Queens
Roger North
Talk Of The Town
Virgin Prophetess
William Congreve
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781409455332
- Weight: 748g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Mar 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Unlike collections of essays which focus on a single century or whose authors are drawn from a single discipline, this collection reflects the myriad performance options available to London audiences, offering readers a composite portrait of the music, drama, and dance productions that characterized this rich period. Just as the performing arts were deeply interrelated, the essays presented here, by scholars from a range of fields, engage in dialogue with others in the volume. The opening section examines a famous series of 1701 performances based on the competition between composers to set William Congreve's masque The Judgment of Paris to music. The essays in the central section (the 'mainpiece') showcase performers and productions on the London stage from a variety of perspectives, including English 'tastes' in art and music, the use of dance, the depiction of madness and masculinity in both spoken and musical performances, and genres and modes in the context of contemporary criticism and theatrical practice. A brief afterpiece looks at comic pieces in relation to satire, parody and homage. By bringing together work by scholars of music, dance, and drama, this cross-disciplinary collection illuminates the interconnecting strands that shaped a vibrant theatrical world.
Kathryn Lowerre is a musicologist and an editor of John Eccles’ collected works (A-R Editions). She has taught at Michigan State University, Colby College, and the University of Michigan, USA.
