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Catherine Hindson
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2022-04-26‘In the Theatrical World our talk is all of holidays.’ So opened one of Hearth and Home magazine’s gossip columns in July 1897. The holidays taken by London’s late-Victorian West End theatre stars attracted regular press coverage and formed a regular subject of letters between actresses, actors and their friends. The narratives of hard work and public service that had played a significant role in improvements in the theatre industry’s reputational and cultural status prompted a secondary narrative around rest: a widely shared understanding that rest was necessary to counter the impacts of the ongoing on- and off-stage labour undertaken by stage stars. Together newspaper accounts and correspondence capture both industry-focused concerns about the maintenance of the strong physical and mental health required to sustain a theatrical career and social disquiet around the changing world of work more widely and patterns of overwork and exhaustion. In this essay I consider a range of press accounts and correspondence to consider how evidence of stage stars’ holidays can extend our understandings of the professional culture of the late-Victorian theatre industry and theatre’s contribution to wider social and political ideas surrounding work and rest, and physical and mental health.
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2024 October | 19 | 19 |
2024 September | 103 | 103 |
2024 August | 38 | 38 |
2024 July | 46 | 46 |
2024 June | 23 | 23 |
2024 May | 31 | 31 |
2024 April | 40 | 40 |
2024 March | 48 | 48 |
2024 February | 37 | 37 |
2024 January | 33 | 33 |
2023 December | 35 | 35 |
2023 November | 52 | 52 |
2023 October | 25 | 25 |
2023 September | 22 | 22 |
2023 August | 18 | 18 |
2023 July | 33 | 33 |
2023 June | 22 | 22 |
2023 May | 45 | 45 |
2023 April | 39 | 39 |
2023 March | 61 | 61 |
2023 February | 2 | 2 |
2023 January | 14 | 14 |
2022 December | 33 | 33 |
2022 November | 57 | 57 |
2022 October | 39 | 39 |
2022 September | 32 | 32 |
2022 August | 53 | 53 |
2022 July | 50 | 50 |
2022 June | 92 | 92 |
2022 May | 43 | 43 |
2022 April | 4 | 4 |
Total | 1189 | 1189 |
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2024 October | 19 | 19 |
2024 September | 103 | 103 |
2024 August | 38 | 38 |
2024 July | 46 | 46 |
2024 June | 23 | 23 |
2024 May | 31 | 31 |
2024 April | 40 | 40 |
2024 March | 48 | 48 |
2024 February | 37 | 37 |
2024 January | 33 | 33 |
2023 December | 35 | 35 |
2023 November | 52 | 52 |
2023 October | 25 | 25 |
2023 September | 22 | 22 |
2023 August | 18 | 18 |
2023 July | 33 | 33 |
2023 June | 22 | 22 |
2023 May | 45 | 45 |
2023 April | 39 | 39 |
2023 March | 61 | 61 |
2023 February | 2 | 2 |
2023 January | 14 | 14 |
2022 December | 33 | 33 |
2022 November | 57 | 57 |
2022 October | 39 | 39 |
2022 September | 32 | 32 |
2022 August | 53 | 53 |
2022 July | 50 | 50 |
2022 June | 92 | 92 |
2022 May | 43 | 43 |
2022 April | 4 | 4 |
Total | 1189 | 1189 |