Jane Austen and Performance
This is the first exploration of the performative and theatrical force of Austen’s work and its afterlife, from the nineteenth century to the present. It unearths new and little-known Austen materials: from suffragette novels and pageants to school and am
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Marina Cano
Jane Austen and Performance
Marina Cano University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland
ISBN 978-3-319-43987-7 ISBN 978-3-319-43988-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43988-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016951436 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © book cover art Joana Kruse / Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Tom Howey Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my parents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
An old Spanish saying notes “to be grateful is the gift of the well-born”. And I have many reasons to be grateful. I am indebted to the numerous people and institutions who advised me and helped me access texts, scrapbooks, playbills, photographs, screenplays and other materials. Jane Austen and Performance would not have been possible without the help of the following: Chapter 2, the British Library, Susan Croft from Unfinished Histories, and the LSE Library. Chapter 4, Anne Stamper from the Women’s Institute, the Argyll and Bute Council Archives (Argyll), the BBC Written Archives Centre (Reading), the Garden City Collection Study Centre (Hertfordshire), the London Metropolitan Archives, and the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA). Chapter 5, Marc DiPaolo, Dee Neyhart from the Digital Deli, the Progressive Players of Gateshead and their chairman Jim Race, the Rugby Theatre (Warwickshire), the Theatre Royal Windsor, and the New Wimbledon Theatre & Studio. Chapter 6, the Aberdeen Central Library; the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives; the Archive Services at the University of Dundee; D C Thomson & Co Ltd (Dundee); the Edinburgh City Archives; the City of Edinburgh Council, Reference/Edinburgh/Scottish Collecti
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