This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be.


EMILY ALLEN is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University, USA JACKY BRATTON is Professor of Theatre and Cultural History at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK CATHERINE BURROUGHS is Professor of English at Wells College and Visiting Lecturer in English at Cornell University, USA GILLI BUSH-BAILEY is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK JEFFREY N. COX is Professor of English and of Comparative Literature and Humanities at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA JIM DAVIS is Professor and Chair in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK HEIDI J. HOLDER is Professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA JANE MOODY is Professor in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, UK MARK PHELAN is Lecturer in Drama at Queen’s University, Belfast, UK THOMAS POSTLEWAIT is Professor of Theatre History at Ohio State University, USA RICHARD SCHOCH is Professor of the History of Culture at Queen Mary, University of London, UK EDWARD ZITER is Associate Professor of Theatre History in the Department of Drama at New York University, USA