Places of Cohesion and Social Debate

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Places of Cohesion and Social Debate. Socio-Political Roles of Provincial Theatres during the Nineteenth Century
hg. von Giulia Brunello und Annette Kappeler

(Parodoi – Interdisziplinäre Studien zur historischen Theaterkultur, Bd. 3)

Baden-Baden: Ergon 2025
213 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und ausführlichem Register
Format 17 x 24 cm
ISBN 978-3-98740-239-5 (Print)
ISBN 978-3-98740-240-1 (ePDF)
doi.org/10.5771/9783987402401

This volume reunites contributions about 19th-century provincial theatres and their significance for local communities. Smaller theatres have long escaped the attention of researchers. Our current image of 19th-century theatres is shaped by historical evidence related to playhouses in European metropolises accessible to a tiny elite. Provincial theatres however were socio-cultural spaces where the population of a region could meet and exchange ideas, where information was sought, and public opinion formed. They shaped the ideas and social networks of the population, their programmes reflected ongoing debates and developments, and they can be seen as the focal point of local societies.

The volume is available here as a free PDF download, identical to the printed edition. The individual contributions can also be downloaded separately below. The print edition is available directly from Ergon Verlag (Nomos Group).

Content

Foreword

I. Methods and state of research

Giulia Brunello/Annette Kappeler | Provincial Theatres as Places of Social Cohesion and Socio-Political Debate

Christine Carrère-Saucède | 23 ans de Bibliographie du théâtre en province au XIXe siècle [France] ou l’art et la manière de repousser les limites

II. Theatre-makers and -goers – Leadership, rebellion, and discipline

Anna G. Piotrowska | From an Actor to an Author, from an Amante to an Animator. The Role of an Individual in Shaping the Local Theatrical Repertoire

Sophie Horrocks David | French Travelling Theatre Troupes and the Creation of Regional Theatrical Communities, 1824–1864

Lenka Křupková | Visitors to the Municipal Theatre in the Olmützer Sprachinsel at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Andrew Holden | Opera and Theatre in a Model Worker Village – Schio’s “nuovo quartiere operaio”

Michele Nani | Disciplining Theatre Workers. Fines and the Fined in Nineteenth-Century Ferrara (Italy)

III. Performances – Social criticism, local pride, and scientific debate