Danielle Rosvally
Broschiertes Buch

Theatres of Value

Buying and Selling Shakespeare in Nineteenth-Century New York City

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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...