Theatre and governance in Britain, 1500-1900 : democracy, disorder and the state / Tony Fisher, Roya...
Theatre and governance in Britain, 1500-1900 : democracy, disorder and the state / Tony Fisher, Roya...
Theatre and governance in Britain, 1500-1900 : democracy, disorder and the state / Tony Fisher, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/3403
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English
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Physical content
ix, 282 pages ; 24 cm
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: the discourses of theatre and governance -- Origins of the discourse on theatre -- The theatre of the multitude -- Revolts of conduct on the Restoration stage -- Theatre and its publics -- Theatrocracy and the public sphere -- The beggar's opera and the criminal picturesque -- The deon...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
This book begins with a simple observation - that just as the theatre resurfaced during the late Renaissance, so too government as we understand it today also began to appear. Their mutually entwining history was to have a profound influence on the development of the modern British stage. This volume proposes a new reading of theatre's relation to...
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Theatre and governance in Britain, 1500-1900 : democracy, disorder and the state / Tony Fisher, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/3403
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74VKVXZeDmN3
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1107182158 hardcover
9781107182158 hardcover
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792.094212
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991024113818302626
