List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Editor's Acknowledgements
Introduction: Cartographing the Long Nineteenth Century
Peter Marx, University of Cologne, Germany
1 Institutional Framework: Britain and Germany 1800 to 1920
Anselm Heinrich, University of Glasgow, UK
2 Social Functions: The Social Function of Theatre
Jim Davis, University of Warwick, UK
3 Sexuality and Gender
Laurence Senelick, Tufts University, USA
4 The Environment of Theatre
Tobias Becker, German Historical Institute London, UK
5 Circulation: Theatrical Mobility and its Professionalization in the Nineteenth Century
Nic Leonhardt, University of Cologne, Germany and Stanca Scholz-Cionca, University of Trier, Germany
6 Interpretations: The Interpretation of Theatre
Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany
7 Communities of Production
Kathleen M. Gough, the University of Vermont, USA, Zoltan Imre, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, Introduction by Peter W. Marx, University of Cologne, Germany
8 Repertoire and Genres
Christopher Balme, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
9 Technologies of Performance
Sophie Nield, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
10 Knowledge Transmission: Media and Memory
Derek Miller, Harvard University, USA
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Peter W. Marx is Professor at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater, University of Cologne, Germany.

The 19th century ushered in an unprecedented boom in technology, the unification of European nations, the building of global empires and stabilization of the middle classes. The theatre of the era reflected these significant developments as well as helped to catalyse them. Populist theatre and purposebuilt playhouses flourished in the ever-growing urban and cosmopolitan centres of Europe and in expanding global networks.
This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of theatre from 1800 to 1920. Highly illustrated with 51 images, the ten chapters each take a different theme as their focus: institutional frameworks; social functions; sexuality and gender; the environment of theatre; circulation; interpretations; communities of production; repertoire and genres; technologies of performance; and knowledge transmission.