London's West End
Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 September 2020
- ISBN 9780198823414
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages376 pages
- Size 243x163x28 mm
- Weight 770 g
- Language English 48
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Short description:
The first history of the West End of London, showing how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern culture and consumer society, and made London a world centre of entertainment and glamour.
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How did the West End of London become the world's leading pleasure district? What is the source of its magnetic appeal? How did the centre of London become Theatreland? London's West End, 1800-1914 is the first ever history of the area which has enthralled millions. The reader will discover the growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry. The area from the Strand to Oxford Street came to stand for sensation and vulgarity but also the promotion of high culture. The West End produced shows and fashions whose impact rippled outwards around the globe. During the nineteenth century, an area that serviced the needs of the aristocracy was opened up to a wider public whilst retaining the imprint of luxury and prestige.
Rohan McWilliam tells the story of the great artists, actors and entrepreneurs who made the West End: figures such as Gilbert and Sullivan, the playwright Dion Boucicault, the music hall artiste Jenny Hill, and the American Harry Gordon Selfridge who wanted to create the best shop in the world. At the same time, McWilliam explores the distinctive spaces created in the West End, from the glamour of Drury Lane and Covent Garden, through to low life bars and taverns. We encounter the origins of the modern star system and celebrity culture. London's West End, 1800-1914 moves from the creation of Regent Street to the glory days of the Edwardian period when the West End was the heart of empire and the entertainment industry. Much of modern culture and consumer society was shaped by a relatively small area in the middle of London. This pioneering study establishes why that was.
In this first comprehensive scholarly account, McWilliam combines the roles of historical reporter, cultural analyst and ardent fan. Concerned with understanding the West End and its pleasures in terms of experience, he deconstructs the specific appeal to the senses, identifying 'an explosion in visuality' as the strongest stimulant.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The Aristocratic West End 1800-1850
Drury Lane, 1800
Arcadia
The Beau Monde
The Histrionic Art
Curiosity
Part II: The Bourgeois West End, 1850-1914
The Making of the West End, 1850-1914
Capital of Pleasure
Capital of Culture
Part III: Showbiz
The Age of Boucicault, 1843-1880
Theatreland, 1880-1914
The Populist Palatial
Gaiety Nights
Part IV: Hospitality
Eating Out
Grand Hotel
Shopocracy
Part V: Heart of Empire
The Other West End
