The Theatre Industry in Nineteenth-Century France

by Frederic William John Hemmings

Book Overview

This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century through its special role as an organized popular entertainment. Traditionally regarded as an elite art form, in post-Revolutionary France the stage began to be seen as an industry like any other and the theatre became one of the few areas of employment where women were in demand as much as men. The increasingly commercial ethos dominating the stage led to the mass production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035015
• ISBN13: 9780521035019
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"