This volume reunites contributions about 19th-century provincial theatres and their significance for local communities. Smaller theatres have long escaped the attention of researchers. Our current image of 19th-century theatres is shaped by historical evidence related to playhouses in European metropolises accessible to a tiny elite. Provincial theatres however were socio-cultural spaces where the population of a region could meet and exchange ideas, where information was sought, and public opinion formed. They shaped the ideas and social networks of the population, their programmes reflected ongoing debates and developments, and they can be seen as the focal point of local societies. With contributions by Giulia Brunello | Christine Carrère-Saucède | Andrew Holden | Sophie Horrocks David | Annette Kappeler | Lenka Křupková | Rakshit Kweera | Tushara Meleppattu | Maria Theresa Morelli | Michele Nani | Cecilia Nicolò | Alessandra Palidda | Anna G. Piotrowska
Provincial Theatres as Places of Social Cohesion and Socio-Political Debate Pages 11 - 24 Giulia Brunello, Annette Kappeler Download chapter (PDF)
23 ans de Bibliographie du théâtre en province au XIXe siècle [France] ou l’art et la manière de repousser les limites Pages 25 - 30 Christine Carrère-Saucède Download chapter (PDF)
From an Actor to an Author, from an Amante to an Animator. The Role of an Individual in Shaping the Local Theatrical Repertoire Pages 33 - 46 Anna G. Piotrowska Download chapter (PDF)
French Travelling Theatre Troupes and the Creation of Regional Theatrical Communities, 1824–1864 Pages 47 - 60 Sophie Horrocks David Download chapter (PDF)
Visitors to the Municipal Theatre in the Olmützer Sprachinsel at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Pages 61 - 78 Lenka Křupková Download chapter (PDF)
Opera and Theatre in a Model Worker Village – Schio’s “nuovo quartiere operaio” Pages 79 - 96 Andrew Holden Download chapter (PDF)
Disciplining Theatre Workers. Fines and the Fined in Nineteenth-Century Ferrara (Italy) Pages 97 - 110 Michele Nani Download chapter (PDF)
‘L’Opera’ come forma popolare di comunicazione politica Pages 113 - 126 Maria Teresa Morelli Download chapter (PDF)
Between Ritual and Radical. Socio-Political Discourses at the Transition of Kūṭiyāṭṭam’s Performative Tradition Pages 127 - 142 Tushara Meleppattu, Rakshit Kweera Download chapter (PDF)
I Misteri della polizia austriaca. Reprocessing of an Epoch of Foreign Domination? Pages 143 - 156 Annette Kappeler Download chapter (PDF)
Il Liceo musicale di Pesaro e le celebrazioni rossiniane del 1892 Pages 157 - 172 Cecilia Nicolò Download chapter (PDF)
Teatro Arciducale, Teatro di Corte, Teatro di Periferia. Monza, Milan and the Transnational Opera House Pages 173 - 190 Alessandra Palidda Download chapter (PDF)
Magnetism on Stage – Elisa and Antonio Zanardelli Pages 191 - 206 Giulia Brunello Download chapter (PDF)
