William Sauter and David Wiles. The Theatre of Drottningholm--Then and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries.
William Sauter and David Wiles. The Theatre of Drottningholm--Then
and Now: Performance Between the 18th and 21st Centuries. Exeter:
University of Exeter Press, 2015. Pp. xvi + 296. $40.00.
This volume begins with a preface by Thomas Postlewait (v-x) and
acknowledgments (xi-xvi). The primary text includes the following
chapters: Willmar Sauter, "The Rediscovery of the Drottningholm
Court Theatre" (1-12); Willmar Sauter, "A Guided Tour of the
Theatre" (13-46); David Wiles, "A Visit to the Opera at
Drottningholm: First Impressions" (47-58); Willmar Sauter,
"Eighteenth-Century Court Life" (59-102); David Wiles, "A
Typical 'Baroque' Theatre" (103-40); Willmar Sauter,
"Drottningholm in the Twentieth Century and Beyond" (141-84);
David Wiles, "Eighteenth-Century Acting: The Search for
Authenticity" (185-214); Willmar Sauter and David Wiles,
"Toward the Future" (215-28). The text concludes with
appendices (229-36), notes (237-54), a bibliography (255-61), a list of
illustrations (262-69), a list of repertoire during Gustavian period
(270-72), a list of repertoire since 1922 (273-88), and an index
(289-96).
