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Edmund Kean’s Celebrity: Assemblage Theory and the Unintended Consequences of Audience Density

Edmund Keans Berühmtheit: Assemblagetheorie und die unbeabsichtigten Folgen von Zuschauerdichte

This essay will examine theatrical celebrity in early 19th-century England with particular reference to the actor Edmund Kean (1787-1833) and his first season at Drury Lane, 1813-14. His ground-breaking interpretation of Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice brought him overnight success. Using Manuel DeLanda’s assemblage theory as its main predictive model, the essay argues that celebri…

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  • Worrall, David

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  • History
  • General History
  • nineteenth century
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  • audience
  • actor
  • theater
  • revenue
  • salary
  • gender-specific factors
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