Charles John Phipps FSA. Architect to the Victorian theatre
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- Author(s) Garlick, Görel
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2016
- Pages 381pp; illus
- Publisher Entertainment Technology Press
- Place Published Great Shelford
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- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
- Name Health & safety at work inc legislation & regulation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly account of Phipps career. Chapters include: 'Aspiration'; 'Competition, 1862-63'; 'Opportunity and compromise, 1864-68'; 'Navigating the theatrical free trade'; 'Fighting spirit, 1875-77'; 'Perpetuum mobile, 1877-May 1880'; 'Enmeshed in red tape, June 1880-December 1881'; 'A man of property, 1882-83'; 'The master builder, 1883-85'; 'Hubris, June 1884-November 1886'; 'Betrayal, September 1887'; 'The inquest'; 'The verdict'; 'The report'; 'Atonement'; 'The spectre of corruption, December 1887-October 1888'; 'The relaunch'; 'Long shadows, June 1890-December 1893'; 'Thinking differently, 1894-95'; 'Resolution, '1896-97'; 'Epilogue'. Appendices include: list of theatres designed or altered; List of non theatre work; family tree descending from James Phipps, 1773-1836. Includes much on individual theatres and their owners - eg Richard D'Oyly Carte