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Pamela Robertson Wojcik <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:06:15 -0500
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Dear Screen-L scholars,

I am writing a book about typecasting and making links between theatrical
traditions of typecasting and filmic versions (typage, stars as types,
character actors as types, etc.). I am especially interested in 18th and
19th century practices of typecasting in stock companies as models for
cinema. Numerous authors mention the formation of stock companies in early
film and link this development to the rise of the studio system and
increased rationalization of the industry during the nickelodeon boom.
However, nobody that I have read so far (Musser, DeCordova, Pearson,
Kozarski) explains how the stock companies actually worked. If any of you
know resources (articles or primary sources) that would tell me about how
the companies were structured, casting practices, etc, I'd appreciate it.
Also, if there are good materials on the rise of casting agents and
directors, I'd be interested in those as well.

Thanks very much,

Pam Robertson Wojcik

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