Walter, Helen, 2015, Thesis, Artist, professional, gentleman: designing the body of the actor-manager, 1870-1900 PhD thesis, Royal College of Art.
Abstract or Description: | In the historical record of British theatre in the latter half of the nineteenth century, the figures of London’s actor-managers are constantly present. As such, over the intervening century, they have been subjected to detailed historical enquiry by any number of different scholars in terms of their theatrical achievements, management styles, and their role in the changing nature of theatre in this period. However, despite the vast amount of extant visual material pertaining to these individuals in British, and other, collections, little attention has been paid to the image of the actor-manager in this period, and still less to the role of the body in the legacy of such figures. Given the nature of the actor’s craft as body-orientated, the explicitly visual nature of theatre in this period, and a burgeoning mass-media industry intent on the dissemination of such images, from a design history perspective this historiographical gap is surprising. |
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Qualification Name: | PhD |
Subjects: | Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V100 History by period Other > Historical and Philosophical studies > V300 History by topic > V370 History of Design |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2015 17:10 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2018 15:45 |
URI: | https://rca-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1698 |
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