Theatres of Value: Buying and Selling Shakespeare in Nineteenth-Century New York City
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AlbakiReads Editorial Shakespeare as cultural capital in nineteenth-century New York
Shakespeare as cultural capital in nineteenth-century New York
Danielle Rosvally examines how Shakespeare circulated through nineteenth-century New York not only as literature and performance, but as something audiences and theatrical entrepreneurs could buy, sell, display, and use to create value. Framed through the book’s concept of a “dramaturgy of value,” the study develops six case studies spanning the African Theater, P. T. Barnum’s American Museum and Lecture Hall, Fanny Kemble’s reading career, the Booth family’s public identity, a Central Park memorial statue, and an 1888 Hamlet benefit for Lester Wallack. Together, these examples map the commercial and public life of Shakespearean culture across stages, institutions, celebrity, commemoration, and audience engagement.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in nineteenth-century American theater history
- Students of Shakespeare’s cultural reception and performance history
- Those exploring the business and public institutions of theater
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Shakespearean cultural capitalTheater commerceAudience engagementNineteenth-century New York CityPerformance and value
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Book Overview Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.Theatres of Value explo...
Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.
Theatres of Value explores the idea that buying and selling are performative acts and offers a paradigm for deeper study of these acts-"the dramaturgy of value." Modeling this multifaceted approach, the book explores six case studies to show how and why Shakespeare had value for nineteenth-century New Yorkers. In considering William Brown's African Theater, P. T. Barnum's American Museum and Lecture Hall, Fanny Kemble's American reading career, the Booth family brand, the memorial statue of Shakespeare in Central Park, and an 1888 benefit performance of Hamlet to theatrical impresario Lester Wallack, Theatres of Value traces a history of audience engagement with Shakespearean cultural capital and the myriad ways this engagement was leveraged by theatrical businesspeople.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 275 | Language: English | Publisher: ST UNIV OF NEW YORK PR | ISBN: 1438498349
FormatHardcover
Pages275
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1438498349
EAN9781438498348
PublisherST UNIV OF NEW YORK PR
Publication Date2024-07-01
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.27 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height0.75 Inches
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