TY - BOOK ID - 32632282 TI - The theatre industry in nineteenth-century France PY - 1993 SN - 9780521035019 9780521441421 0521441420 9780511597794 0521035015 0511597797 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Theater KW - Theater and society KW - Théâtre KW - Théâtre et société KW - History KW - Histoire KW - History of civilization KW - Theatrical science KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - France KW - Actors KW - Society and theater KW - Social status KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32632282 AB - This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century through its special role as an organized popular entertainment. Traditionally regarded as an elite art form, in post-Revolutionary France the stage began to be seen as an industry like any other and the theatre became one of the few areas of employment where women were in demand as much as men. The increasingly commercial ethos dominating the stage led to the mass production of plays with audience appeal, resulting in an inevitable dilution of literary standards. In this lively account, Hemmings examines how the theatre world flourished and evolved, and reveals such matters as the difficult life of the actress, salaries and contracts, and the profession of the playwright. ER -