Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)
Description
Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.
Keywords
DRAMA_HISTORY AND CRITICISM_18TH CENTURYMAGIC_HISTORY
2009Book
Author(s)James Peck
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230607880
LanguageEnglish
