1. Rehearsal and Performance in 19th-century England
Acting the Part
Rehearsal and Performance
in 19th-century England

2. Changes Stock companies ⇨ long-run system
1843 – Theatre Regulating Act
Spectacle – new stage machinery

5. Changes Stock companies ⇨ long-run system
1843 – Theatre Regulating Act
Spectacle – new stage machinery
Actor-manager ⇨ director
Formulaic acting style ⇨ psychological

6. Yes, but only slow change 
Stage machinery
Rehearsal techniques + acting style
stock company system
actors: parts and cues
same rules in countryside and Drury Lane