This 1996 book presents Edwardian entertainment and the Edwardian entertainment industry as parts of a vital, turbulent era which still has resonance today. The essays in this collection take as their provenance broad patterns of theatrical production and consumption, focusing upon the economics of theatre management, the creation of new audiences and the politics of playgoing.

This book presents Edwardian entertainment and the Edwardian entertainment industry as parts of a vital but troubled era whose preoccupations and paranoias mirror those of our own age. This book is the first to explore the complex relationship between theatre, fashion, and social in the late Victorian and early modern era.