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Informationen zum Autor Catherine Hindson is a senior lecturer in theatre and performance studies at the University of Bristol. Her research interests are in theatre and performance histories of the long nineteenth century, and she has published on popular dance, actresses' charity work, theatrical celebrity, and the connection between historic theatres and cultural heritage. The author of Female Performance Practice on the Fin-de-Siècle Popular Stages of London and Paris , she lives in Bristol, England. Klappentext In the 1880s and 1890s, the stars of fin-de-siècle London's fashionable stage culture transformed theatre's connection with fundraising. Author Catherine Hindson reveals this history by examining the major types of charity events at the turn of the twentieth century, including fundraising matinees, charity bazaars and costume parties, theatrical tea and garden parties, and benefit performances. Zusammenfassung In the 1880s and 1890s, the stars of fin-de-siècle London’s fashionable stage culture transformed theatre’s connection with fundraising. Author Catherine Hindson reveals this history by examining the major types of charity events at the turn of the twentieth century, including fundraising matinees, charity bazaars and costume parties, theatrical tea and garden parties, and benefit performances.
