The Victorian Clown
$84.65
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2014
Summary
The Victorian Clown, first published in 2006, is a micro-history of mid-Victorian comedy, spun out of the life and work of two professional clowns. Their previously unpublished manuscripts - James Frowde’s account of his young life with the famous Henglers’ circus in the 1850s and Thomas Lawrence’s 1871 gag book - offer unique, unmediated access to the grass roots of popular entertainment. Through them this book explores the role of the circus clown at the height of equestrian entertainment i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781107666672 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1107666678 |
| Author: | Jacky Bratton, Ann Featherstone |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Jacky Bratton
Jacky Bratton is Professor of Theatre and Cultural History in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of New Readings in Theatre History (Cambridge University Press, 2003), and, with Julie Hankey, is Joint Series Editor of the Shakespeare in Production series published by Cambridge University Press. She also discusses theatre history on BBC radio. Ann Featherstone is Research Assistant in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. Her interests encompass popular entertainment and culture, and she has published on subjects such as public entertainments, the diary of a Victorian theatre-goer in Nottingham, and the portable theatres in Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film and Early Popular Visual Culture. She is also a part-time lecturer in theatre history and popular culture at the University of Manchester.
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