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Gamer, Michael, Book Chapter. "‘The Stage in a Page: A Visual Life of Romantic Playbills.’ ," The Visual Life of Romantic Theatre, Ed. Terry Robinson and Diane Piccitto. University of Michigan Press, 2023. , 2023, pp. 235-260.

An essay that asks how the changing look of playbills between 1770 and 1830 forces us to rethink broader revolutions in advertising, design, theatrical genre, and the structure of the dramatic evening in 18th- and 19th-century playhouses.