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Female Performance Practice on the Fin-De-SieCle Popular Stages of London and Paris: Experiment and Advertisement
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Main Details
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Female Performance Practice on the Fin-De-SieCle Popular Stages of London and Paris: Experiment and Advertisement
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Catherine Hindson
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| Series | Women, Theatre and Performance |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Drama |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719074851
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| Classifications | Dewey:792.0280922 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2007 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This study focuses on seven women who used the fin-de-siecle's popular stage as a space to develop their experimental performance practices: acts that won them international fame and critical acclaim. The diverse entertainment careers of Maud Allan (1873-1956), Jane Avril (1868-1943), Loie Fuller (1868-1926), Sylvia Grey (1866-1958), Yvette Guilbert (1867-1944), Letty Lind (1862-1923) and Cissie (Cecilia) Loftus (1876-1943) encompassed song, dance, impersonation and acting. In accounts, reviews, autobiographical writings, interviews and other cultural products associated with them it is clear that individual female celebrities understood their work as creative, professional and original performance practice. The absence of their creative work from studies of performance history reveals much about hierarchical approaches to cultural environments, gender and physical, non-scripted performances that demands to be interrogated. -- .
Author Biography
Catherine Hindson is Lecturer in Performance Studies at the University of Bristol -- .
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