The Orient on the Victorian Stage
The Orient on the Victorian Stage
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USDEdward Ziter explores the impact of the Middle East and the "Orient", (as it was known), on writing and performance in nineteenth-century British theater and how these portrayals influenced public perception of the region. British audiences marvelled at depictions of desert storms and harem dances as well as scenes of the Nile and colonial armies throughout the nineteenth century. Ziter extends his study from the Romantic through to the late-Victorian period, including taking in melodrama, pantomime, ballet, and opera, as well as museum displays and exhibitions.
- Explores the influence of the Middle East and Asia on nineteenth-century theatre
- Examines a wide range of performance genres including opera, theatre, ballet, exhibitions, melodrama, and even museum displays
- Includes valuable and informative illustrations
Reviews & endorsements
"Ziter offers a fascinating look at the impact of the Middle East on British thetrical entertainment and stagecraft in the 19th century. Highly recommended." Choice
"...this is still a timely, thought-provoking, and thoroughly impressive work." Victorian Studies
Product details
October 2003Hardback
9780521818292
246 pages
229 × 152 × 17 mm
0.52kg
20 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: 'real sets', geography, and race
- 1. Spectacle and surveillance in orientalist panoramas
- 2. Fantasies of miscegenation on the romantic stage
- 3. The built-out East of popular ethnography
- 4. The biblical East in theatres and exhibitions
- 5. The geography of Imperial theatre
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
