Theatre and Entertainment

By:

Jim Davis

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Paperback / softback

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Theatre and

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What do we mean by entertainment? How does this concept relate to theatre? Should theatre be for pleasure or instruction? Can it not be both? In this stimulating book, Jim Davis examines the relationship between theatre and entertainment by assessing audience reception, political theatre and melodrama. He explores definitions of entertainment, arguing that it can be found embedded in all forms of theatre, not just the 'popular'. Davis concludes with a review of contemporary perspectives on the topic and questions the limits of entertainment in theatrical performance.

Author Biography:

Jim Davis is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He has authored numerous books and articles, among the most recent of which are Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England (2015) and Victorian Pantomime: A Collection of Critical Essays. He is also joint-author of Reflecting the Audience: London 1840-1880 (with Victor Emeljanow) which was awarded the 2001 Theatre Book Prize.

Release date Australia

July 15th, 2016

Author

Jim Davis

Series

Theatre and

Pages

Edition

1st ed. 2017

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

96 p.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Red Globe Press

Dimensions

111x178x7

ISBN-13

9781137321060

Product ID

24620145

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