The Art of Entertainment

In this book, theatre historian Jason Price looks at the relationships and exchanges that took place between high and low cultural forms in Britain from 1880 to 1940

Jason Price is Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is a theatre historian, teacher, and art lover.

1. Setting the Stage: Modernism and the Popular 2. Manipulating the Public Gaze: Minnie Cunningham the Entertainer, Artist's Muse, and Victorian New Woman 3. Modern Daredevil: Therese Lessore's Paintings of Swallow's Circus at the Royal Agricultural Hall 4. Matters of Display and Consent: The Human Exhibit and Goscombe John's Bokane 5. (Un)popular Queer Figures: Glyn Philpot's Knowing Acrobats 6. Historical Illusionisms and Acts of Recovery