Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment

Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment Worrall David Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2016 ISBN: 9781138663411 Liczba stron: 272 Format: 234 x 156 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.