Thomas Betterton and the Management of Lincoln's Inn Fields 1695-1708
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1979
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Betterton's managerial abilities of Lincoln's Inn Fields, in competition with the Drury Lane company, made a permanent change in the course of British drama. 287 pages. DJ faintly soiled, 1/2" chip on top rear edge (in mylar sleeve). ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 " Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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- Title
- Thomas Betterton and the Management of Lincoln's Inn Fields 1695-1708
- Author
- Milhous, Judith
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0809309068
- ISBN 13
- 9780809309061
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- Film, Theater & Dance
This thoroughly new investigation into the theatre management competition between the Drury Lane and Lincolns Inn Fields companies revises the established view of Thomas Bettertons management abilities by documenting the fact that his competition with the Drury Lane company made both an immediate and a permanent change in the course of British drama.
Judith Milhouss meticulous investigation of an astonishing range of reference which includes unpublished and partially published documents in the Public Record Office of London, The British Library, and the Harvard Theatre Collection allows her to present a fresh assessment of the chaotic events of the 16951708 period and of the competence of Thomas Betterton as manager of Lincolns Inn Fields theatre.
The breakaway of Betterton and some of the older actors from Drury Lane in 1695, the flood of new plays at the turn of the century, the rivalry between the new acting company at Lincolns Inn Fields and Drury Lane, and the resulting competition for the playgoers attention spawned an extravaganza of singers, jugglers, animal acts, and double bills. Despite great difficulties, Milhous shows, Betterton was able to bring about an accommodation that permitted the two acting companies to enjoy a period of modest prosperity and to exert a continuing influence on English drama and the organization of theatrical production.
This careful study of shifts, devices, and the fortunes of the years of rivalry between acting companies provides students of English theatre history and drama with invaluable new insights into the practical factors that influenced the history of drama.
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About the Author
Judith Milhous is Associate Professor of Theatre History and Codirector of Theatre in the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art at the University of Iowa.
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