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Henslowe's 'diary' is a unique source of information about the day-to-day running of the Elizabethan repertory theatre. Philip Henslowe, a theatrical entrepreneur, kept records of his financial dealings with London companies and actors from 1592-1604. The diary itself is difficult to decipher. Neil Carson's analysis is based on a much more thorough correlation of Henslowe's entries than has been attempted before, breaking down into clear tabular form the main items of income and expenditure and drawing conclusions about the management procedures of the companies, the professional relationships of actors and playwrights and the ways in which plays were written, rehearsed and programmed. Previous speculation has dismissed Henslowe himself as ignorant, disorderly and grasping. Carson shows him to have been a benign and efficient businessman whose control over the actors' professional activities was much less extensive than has often been supposed.
Theater --- Theatrical managers --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- History --- Henslowe, Philip, --- Diaries.
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Michael Kelly (1762-1826) was an Irish singer and composer who studied music in a Naples conservatory before touring Europe and performing for royalty. His voyage to Italy began with a brush with pirates, one of whom was a childhood acquaintance. Kelly also found himself stranded penniless in Venice, spent a night in prison after a fist fight at the theatre, and had a narrow escape from revolutionary France. He is probably best remembered for creating the roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio in the first performance, in 1786, of Le Nozze di Figaro, of which he describes the rehearsal period and reception. He later joined London's Theatre Royal as both a performer and composer and opened a music shop, which went bankrupt. These memoirs, published in 1826, provide rich first-hand insights into a key period in theatre history. Volume 2 covers Kelly's later musical and theatrical career.
Singers --- Composers --- Theatrical managers --- Kelly, Michael, --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- Songwriters --- Musicians --- Kelly, M. --- Kelly, Michael William, --- Kelly, Ml. --- O'Kelly, Michael, --- Ochelli,
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Michael Kelly (1762-1826) was an Irish singer and composer who studied music in a Naples conservatory before touring Europe and performing for royalty. His voyage to Italy began with a brush with pirates, one of whom was a childhood acquaintance. Kelly also found himself stranded penniless in Venice, spent a night in prison after a fist fight at the theatre, and had a narrow escape from revolutionary France. He is probably best remembered for creating the roles of Don Basilio and Don Curzio in the first performance, in 1786, of Le Nozze di Figaro, of which he describes the rehearsal period and reception. He later joined London's Theatre Royal as both a performer and composer and opened a music shop, which went bankrupt. These memoirs, published in 1826, provide rich first hand insights into a key period in theatre history. Volume 1 covers Kelly's early life and musical training.
Singers --- Composers --- Theatrical managers --- Kelly, Michael, --- Childhood and youth. --- Travel --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- Songwriters --- Musicians --- Kelly, M. --- Kelly, Michael William, --- Kelly, Ml. --- O'Kelly, Michael, --- Ochelli,
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Between 1895 and 1922 the Anglo-American actor and manager, Maurice E. Bandmann (1872-1922) created a theatrical circuit that extended from Gibraltar to Tokyo and included regular tours to the West Indies and South America. With headquarters in Calcutta and Cairo and companies listed on the Indian stock exchange, his operations represent a significant shift towards the globalization of theatre. This study focuses on seven key areas: family networks; the business of theatrical touring; the politics of locality; repertoire and publics; an ethnography of itinerant acting; legal disputes and the provision of theatrical infrastructure. It draws on global and transnational history, network theory and analysis as well as in-depth archival research to provide a new approach to studying theatre in the age of empire.
Theatrical managers --- Actors --- Traveling theater --- Theater and globalization. --- Actor-network theory. --- ANT (Sociological theory) --- Sociology --- Globalization and theater --- Globalization --- Stage actors --- Theater actors --- Theatrical actors --- Artists --- Entertainers --- Theater --- Traveling theatrical companies --- Theatrical companies --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- History. --- Social networks. --- Methodology --- Bandmann, Maurice E. --- Theatrical managers - United States - Biography --- Actors - United States - Biography --- Traveling theater - History --- Theater and globalization --- Actors - Social networks
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