"[A]n immensely accomplished work of theatre history." Essays in Theatre

• List of illustrations; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note to readers; Introduction; Part I. Competition: Theatre and Laissez-Faire: 1. Monopoly and free trade: fair and unfair competition; 2. Property and the stakes of private interest; 3. Industrial regulation and safety; 4. Marginal economics, national interest and the half-naked woman; Part II. Ownership and Entrepreneurialism: 5. Opportunity, finance and failure; 6. Profit; 7. Business structures; 8. Gender, 'gentlemanly capitalism' and the wo-manager; Part III. Industrialization, Commodity Capitalism and Theatre Production Systems: 9. Labour and labourers; 10. Theatre as cultural capital; Appendix: 'To the public. Charles Kemble's mercies or the '999' increasing'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"[A]n immensely accomplished work of theatre history." Essays in Theatre

• List of illustrations; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note to readers; Introduction; Part I. Competition: Theatre and Laissez-Faire: 1. Monopoly and free trade: fair and unfair competition; 2. Property and the stakes of private interest; 3. Industrial regulation and safety; 4. Marginal economics, national interest and the half-naked woman; Part II. Ownership and Entrepreneurialism: 5. Opportunity, finance and failure; 6. Profit; 7. Business structures; 8. Gender, 'gentlemanly capitalism' and the wo-manager; Part III. Industrialization, Commodity Capitalism and Theatre Production Systems: 9. Labour and labourers; 10. Theatre as cultural capital; Appendix: 'To the public. Charles Kemble's mercies or the '999' increasing'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"[A]n immensely accomplished work of theatre history." Essays in Theatre

• List of illustrations; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note to readers; Introduction; Part I. Competition: Theatre and Laissez-Faire: 1. Monopoly and free trade: fair and unfair competition; 2. Property and the stakes of private interest; 3. Industrial regulation and safety; 4. Marginal economics, national interest and the half-naked woman; Part II. Ownership and Entrepreneurialism: 5. Opportunity, finance and failure; 6. Profit; 7. Business structures; 8. Gender, 'gentlemanly capitalism' and the wo-manager; Part III. Industrialization, Commodity Capitalism and Theatre Production Systems: 9. Labour and labourers; 10. Theatre as cultural capital; Appendix: 'To the public. Charles Kemble's mercies or the '999' increasing'; Notes; Bibliography; Index.