Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 – Broadway and Beyond: Commercial Theatre Consider…

Theatre Symposium, Volume 22Broadway and Beyond: Commercial Theatre Considered\nAuthor(s): David S. Thompson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817370091, 978-0817370091\nSynopsis\nThat theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of contemporary live performance.\n\nThe eleven contributors to this fascinating collection illuminate many aspects of commercial theatre and how best to examine it. George Pate analyzes the high-stakes implication of a melodramatic legal battle. Christine Woodworth recounts the difficulties encountered by British actresses near the turn of the twentieth century, while Boone J. Hopkins considers newly found images of M.