The Theatric Tourist
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In the early nineteenth-century, James Winston-actor, theater manager, author, obsessive collector of theater ephemera, and artist-traveled throughout Britain making sketches of nearly 300 theatres and recording their most intricate details. Published in a deluxe edition two centuries ago, The Theatric Tourist has before now never been reprinted-though most copies have either disappeared or have been broken for the remarkable hand-colored plates found within. This remarkable piece of social and theatrical history is presented by the British Library and the Society for Theatre Research in a superb facsimile edition, which includes both Winston's original text and his 24 stunning illustrations-presenting many of the long-since vanished playhouses of late Georgian England. A collector's item for any cultural historian or theater buff, The Theatric Tourist is an invaluable piece of social history and a unique record of the buildings, players, and atmosphere of a time gone by.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780712350150 |
Publisher: | British Library |
Imprint: | British Library Publishing |
Pub date: | 01 Sep 2008 |
DEWEY: | 792.094109034 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 72 |
Weight: | 1050g |
Height: | 300mm |
Width: | 236mm |
Spine width: | 14mm |