Polish Theatre Revisited: Theatre Fans in the Nineteenth Century

by Agata Luksza

ASTR Barnard Hewitt Award, Finalist

Polish Theatre Revisited explores nineteenth-century Polish theatre through the lens of theatre audiences. Agata Luksza places special emphasis on the most engaged spectators, known as "theatremaniacs"--from what they wore, to what they bought, to what they ate. Her source material is elusive ephemera from fans' lives, such as notes scribbled on a weekly list of shows in the Warsaw theatres,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609389298
• ISBN13: 9781609389291
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 367 Pages