Jane Curry

Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many women held positions of great responsibility and power in the United States during the 19th century as theatre managers: managing stock companies, owning or leasing theatres, hiring actors and other personnel, selecting plays for production, directing rehearsals, supervising all production details, and promoting their dramatic offerings. Competing in risky business ventures, these women were remarkable for defying societal norms that restricted career opportunities for women. The activities of more than 50 such women are discussed in Nineteenth-Century American Women Theatre Managers, beginning with an account of 15 pioneering women managers who were all managing theatres before 24 December 1853, when Catherine Sinclair, often incorrectly identified as the first woman theatre manager in the United States, opened her theatre in San Francisco.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780313291418
• ISBN-10: 0313291411
• Artikelnr.: 22124933

Autorenporträt

JANE KATHLEEN CURRY is Assistant Professor of Theater at Wake Forest University. Her books include Nineteenth-Century American Women Theater Managers (Greenwood, 1994).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction The Pioneers: Early Nineteenth-Century Women
Theatre Managers in the United States Women Theatre Managers of the
California Gold Rush Laura Keene: First-Class Theatre Manager in New York
City Mrs. John Drew and Other Women Theatre Managers in Philadelphia After
Keene: More Women Theatre Managers in New York City and Brooklyn Beyond the
Theatrical Centers: Later Nineteenth-Century Women Theatre Managers
throughout the United States Conclusion Bibliography Index