The Theatrical Public Sphere

ISBN-13: 9781316638873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 232 str.

Christopher B. Balme

Opis

The first in-depth study of theatre's relationship to the public sphere in a wide range of cultural and historical contexts.

Recenzje

'This book … should prompt ongoing lively exchange in and on the public sphere.' Loren Kruger, TDR: The Drama Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Locating the theatrical public sphere; 2. Reciprocal articulations: from playbills to blogs; 3. Openings and closures: puritans and the pilloried stage; 4. The prophet on stage: theatre, religion and the transnational public sphere; 5. Thresholds of tolerance and the publicity of scandal; 6. Distributed aesthetics and the global public sphere.