The Bandmann Circuit: Theatrical Networks in the First Age of Globalization

This article examines a theatrical network, the Bandmann Circuit, managed by Maurice E. Bandmann in the first two decades of the twentieth century as a form of globalized theatre. It asks why this kind of transnational theatrical activity has received so little scholarly attention and proposes utili...

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Published in:	Theatre research international 2015-03, Vol.40 (1), p.19-36
Main Author:	Balme, Christopher B
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1900-1999 Actor-Network Theory Balme, Christopher B Bandmann, Maurice Edward Drama and the Theatre English Literature Globalization Indian literature Theater Theater companies Theater history touring theater companies Touring Theatre Twentieth Century
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Summary:	This article examines a theatrical network, the Bandmann Circuit, managed by Maurice E. Bandmann in the first two decades of the twentieth century as a form of globalized theatre. It asks why this kind of transnational theatrical activity has received so little scholarly attention and proposes utilizing actor-network-theory as a means to make the complex connectivity of such enterprises visible. The first section of the article discusses the concept of early globalization, roughly the period from 1860 to 1914, as a period having many parallels with our own time. The second part discusses actor-network-theory as a theatre-historiographical method, which is then applied to selected nodes of the Bandmann Circuit, in particular repertoire, audiences and the use of local partners as examples of a much more multiaxial undertaking.
ISSN:	1474-0672 0307-8833 1474-0672