"Deborah C. Payne's groundbreaking study explores how the duopoly established in 1660 - adopted to create an upmarket, elite theatre - unexpectedly reshaped company practices, stagecraft, and the professions of actors and dramatists. Network and behavioural economic theory further illuminate the lure of an economic model inimical to self-interest"--
"Deborah C. Payne's groundbreaking study explores how the duopoly established in 1660 - adopted to create an upmarket, elite theatre - unexpectedly reshaped company practices, stagecraft, and the professions of actors and dramatists. Network and behavioural economic theory further illuminate the lure of an economic model inimical to self-interest"--
Deborah C. Payne is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at American University, Washington DC. Her previous publications include The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (2000); Four Libertine Plays from the Restoration (2005); Revisiting Shakespeare's Lost Play: Cardenio/Double Falsehood in the Eighteenth Century (2016); and, with Drew Lichtenburg, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1986 - 2021 (2024). She also consults for theatre companies in Washington, DC.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The theatre as gift: networks, patronage, and personality 2. The economics of scarcity and prestige: performance practices and repertory 3. The culture of improvement and 'great expences': neighborhoods, playhouses, and stagecraft 4. Not keeping up: rival commodities, pastimes, and entertainments 5. Fame and famine: writing for the stage 6. Stardom and sedulousness: acting for the stage.
1. The theatre as gift: networks, patronage, and personality 2. The economics of scarcity and prestige: performance practices and repertory 3. The culture of improvement and 'great expences': neighborhoods, playhouses, and stagecraft 4. Not keeping up: rival commodities, pastimes, and entertainments 5. Fame and famine: writing for the stage 6. Stardom and sedulousness: acting for the stage.
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