CFP: Theatre in the Regency Era: Plays, Performance, Practice 1795-1843

[vanessa rogers]

Theatre in the Regency Era: Plays,
Performance, Practice 
1795-1843
Downing College, University of
Cambridge
July 29-31, 2016
www.regencytheatre2016.com
 
CALL FOR PAPERS:
 
Though the Regency period in Britain
only technically lasted nine years (from 1811 to 1820),the man who became George IV exerted his influence for many
more decades after his death, and his interest in theatre and the arts
characterized the period. This is the era of an astonishing proliferation of
new theatres, catering to a wider audience than ever before. New forms of
entertainment appeared (equestrian, military, melodramatic), and theatrical
amusements grew more diverse as managers, authors, and performers dealt with
changes in contemporary taste and preoccupations, an increased awareness of
social issues, and technological innovations, among other developments.
 
To
reflect the interdisciplinary nature and commercial motivations of theatre in
the Regency Era, the conference invites papers by scholars exploring the
period’s dance, music and drama from a range of historical and methodological
perspectives. 
 
The keynote
address will be given by Celina Fox (The Arts of Industry in the Age of
Enlightenment), and historical gesture specialistJed Wentz (Conservatorium
van Amsterdam)will present a lecture-performance.  In addition,
the conference will open with an introduction by Iain Mackintosh (Architecture,
Actor and Audience) at the remarkable Cambridge Festival Theatre (built in
1814), providing a rare opportunity for conference attendees to see an original
surviving Regency three-level horseshoe auditorium.
 
Please submit
your abstracts of around 500 words for your 20-minute paper to the convenors by 15 February, 2015: regency at str.org.uk  The convenors
welcome proposals for both individual papers and fully-formed panels of three
related papers.
 
Booking for the conference will open in spring
2015.  For a fuller Call for Papers and
further details about the conference, please see:  www.regencytheatre2016.com
 
Sponsored
by the Society for Theatre Research
 
Convenors: Michael Burden,
Michael Gaunt, Marcus Risdell, Vanessa L. Rogers, Barry Sheppard
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