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Children and Theatre in Victorian Britain
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The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Child on the Victorian Stage
- The Appeal of the Victorian Child Performer
- The Scope of this Study
- 1 Training Juvenile Actors
- 2 Looking-Glass Children: The Performing Child as Erotic Subject
- 3 Pastorals and Primitives: Child Actors in Arcadia
- 4 Pantomime: An Audience of Children
- 5 Classifying the Juvenile Actor
- 6 Theatre Children and the School Boards
- 7 Vigilance and Virtue
- 8 Theatre and Cruelty
- 9 Conclusion: Dressing Up
- Appendix A: Child Actors in Lewis Carroll's Diaries and Letters
- Appendix B: National Vigilance Association, Regulations for Employment of Children in Theatres, 1889
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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