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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.

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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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Vorliegende Studie tritt dem verbreiteten Urteil entgegen, August Wilhelm Iffland hätte das Berliner Nationaltheater von 1796 bis 1814 im Gegensatz zu Goethes Weimarer Bühne nur unter ökonomischem Aspekt geführt. Sie untersucht die komplexen Prozesse ökonomischer und ästhetischer Wertebildung im Theater und seinem Umfeld. Analysiert werden Repertoiregestaltung, Theaterkritiken, Theaterbilder und Bühnenstücke. Die Studie wird von einem dokumentarischen Anhang, bestehend aus einem Bild- und einem Textteil, ergänzt. Der Bildteil enthält Quellen, die Ifflands Berliner Zeit illustrieren. Der Textteil enthält u. a. Briefe von und an Iffland, Quittungen und Rechnungen der Autoren und Schauspieler, Gehaltslisten und Verträge. Erstmals wird ein monographischer Text des Berliner Lustspieldichters Julius von Voß über Iffland abgedruckt. Die Texte dienen zur Erläuterung der Monografie und sollen darüber hinaus der Forschung gleichzeitig neues Quellenmaterial liefern.

Theatrical managers --- Theater --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- History --- Iffland, August Wilhelm, --- Iffland, August Wilhelm --- Ifland, Wilhelm August --- Career in the theater. --- Königliches Nationaltheater --- Königliches Preussisches Nationaltheater zu Berlin --- Berliner Nationaltheater --- Kön. National-Theater in Berlin --- Königl. National Theater in Berlin --- History. --- Französisches Komödienhaus (Berlin, Germany)

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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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"This is the first biography of Thomas Harris. Until now, little has been known about his life. He was most visible as the man who controlled Covent Garden theatre for nearly five decades, one of only two venues in London allowed by law to perform spoken drama. But this career was only one of many: he became the confidant of George III, a philanthropist, sexual suspect, and a brothel owner in the underworld of Covent Garden. While deeply involved in Pitt the Younger's government, Harris worked as a 'spin doctor' to control the release of government news. As novelists created elaborate storylines with fictional intriguers lurking in the shadows, Harris was the real thing. In this lively recreation of life in Georgian London - social, political, sexual, theatrical - his career intersects many of the hidden worlds of the eighteenth century. This narrative of detection brings together a hoard of newly discovered manuscripts to construct his many lives." -- Publisher.

Theatrical managers --- Managers, Theatrical --- Theater managers --- Theater management --- Harris, Thomas, --- Harris, T. --- Covent Garden Theatre --- Royal Italian Opera (London, England) --- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden --- History. --- London (England) --- Social life and customs --- Biography. --- Theatrical managers. --- Biographies --- History --- Life histories --- Memoirs --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Genealogy --- Covent Garden Theatre. --- England --- England and Wales --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- Theatre Studies --- Literature: History & Criticism --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century --- Covent Garden theatre. --- Secret Service. --- Thomas Harris. --- eighteenth-century London. --- government news. --- philanthropist. --- radicalism. --- sexual suspect. --- theatre management.