"Act[ing] Riotously": Theatre and Performance in Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaica. (27th September 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Act[ing] Riotously": Theatre and Performance in Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaica. (27th September 2021)
- Main Title:
- "Act[ing] Riotously": Theatre and Performance in Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaica
- Authors:
- Valladares, Susan
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Theatrical culture in early nineteenth-century Jamaica attests to tense relationships between tradition and innovation, acceptance and resistance. The early nineteenth century has not, however, received much in-depth treatment by historians of the Jamaican stage, who have tended to focus, instead, on the establishment of formal theatre in the eighteenth century or its revival in the post-emancipation years. In its attempts to recover the bustling auditoria that distinguished Jamaica's most popular playhouses in the 1810s, this essay details who attended the theatre, and what kind of rules regulated their behaviour. It examines how theatregoing practices reflected the inequalities that characterized Jamaican society; assesses efforts to enforce segregation within the island's playhouses; and investigates the entertainments that existed beyond them, especially those associated with the members of society least represented or altogether excluded from the island's theatre auditoria—Jamaica's free black and the majority of enslaved men and women.
- Is Part Of:
- Review of English studies. Volume 73:Number 309(2022)
- Journal:
- Review of English studies
- Issue:
- Volume 73:Number 309(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 73, Issue 309 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 73
- Issue:
- 309
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0073-0309-0000
- Page Start:
- 321
- Page End:
- 343
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-27
- Subjects:
- English literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
English philology -- Periodicals
820.90005 - Journal URLs:
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/res/hgab040 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0034-6551
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