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Nineteenth-century major lives and letters

Nineteenth-century major lives and letters

London popular theatre, 1780-1830

By Frederick Burwick

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Publish Date

2011

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Language

eng

Pages

319

Description:

"Between 1780 and 1830, the growing London population divided into immigrant neighborhoods with two dozen unlicensed theatres tailoring productions to attract and serve this new audience. Playing to the Crowd is the first study of the productions of the minor theatres, how they were adapted to appeal to the local patrons and the audiences who worked and lived in these communities"--