Copyright and the value of performance, 1770-1911 /

Miller, Derek,

Copyright and the value of performance, 1770-1911 / Derek Miller. - Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018. - viii, 283 pages : 23 cm. - Theatre and performance theory .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ntroduction: copyright, commodification, and performance-- 1. Performance's valuable propriety, 1770-1833 -- 2. Ontologies of the performance-commodity, 1833-86-- 3. Audiences, actors, and value, 1852-1911; --- 4. The performance-commodity at work, 1833-1911 -- Epilogue: valuing performance today-- Appendix: timeline of major legislation and litigation affecting performance rights.

9781108441698


Copyright--Drama--History.--United States
Copyright--Drama--History.--Great Britain
Performing arts--Economic aspects--History.--United States
Performing arts--Economic aspects--History.--Great Britain

K1443.D7 / M55

346.410482 / M612c