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The Theatrical Manager in Britain and America: Player of a Perilous Game
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Theatrical Manager in Britain and America: Player of a Perilous Game
Contributors:
By (Author) Joseph W. Donohue
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
792.068
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
242
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
510g
Description
From Philip Henslowe to David Merrick, the producer or theatre manager has generally been seen as a combination of Shylock and Simon Legree, usurer and slavedriver, wholly concerned with profit and loss, indifferent to art and artists. Yet no single person has greater responsibility in what George Henry Lewes called the "perilous game" of play prod
