Theatric Revolution: Drama, Censorship, and Romantic Period Subcultures 1773-1832

ISBN-13: 9780199239139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 416 str.

The Notting David (Professor Of English Literature Worrall

Opis

The theatre and drama of the late Georgian period have been the focus of a number of recent studies, but such work has tended to ignore its social and political contexts. Theatric Revolution redresses the balance by considering the role of stage censorship during the Romantic period, an era otherwise associated with the freedom of expression. Looking beyond the Royal theatres at Covent Garden and Drury Lane which have dominated most recent accounts of the period, this book examines the day-to-day workings of the Lord Chamberlain's Examiner of Plays and shows that radicalized groups of individuals continuously sought ways to evade the suppression of both playhouses and dramatic texts.

Recenzje

theatrical microhistories are deeply researched and sparkle with insight, and historians and literary scholars alike will find them fascinating

O autorze

David Worrall is Professor of English Literature at The Nottingham Trent University.