Theatre and Disorder in Late Georgian London

ISBN-13: 9780198112501 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 320 str.

Marc Baer

Opis

In September 1809, during the opening night of Macbeth at the newly rebuilt Covent Garden theatre, the audience rioted over the rise in ticket prices. Disturbances took place on a further sixty-six nights that autumn and the Old Price riots became the longest running theatre riots in English history. This book describes the events in detail, sets them in their wider context, and uses them to examine the interpenetration of theatre and disorder. Previous understandings of the riots are substantially revised by stressing populist rather than class politics and the book concentrates on the theatricality of audiences, the role of the stage in shaping English self-image, and the relationship between contention and consensus.

On the first night of "Macbeth" in September 1809, the audience rioted against the rise in ticket prices. The Old Price riots became the longest running theatre riots in English history. This book describes the events in detail, sets them in a wider context, and uses them to examine the inter-relation of theatre and disorder.

Recenzje

'rich and multifaceted case study ... His copious references masterfully knit his story into the fabric of theater, history and theory, anthropology, and social, cultural, and political history.' John Bohstedt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, American Historical Review, February 1993