British enlightenment theatre: dramatizing difference
Auteur :
Orr, Bridget
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108731188
Date de publication :
6 janv. 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
400 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The first study of popular eighteenth-century English theatre to engage with voices of radical dissent that argued for religious toleration, attacked imperial invasion and forced conversion of indigenous peoples and challenged social hierarchy. This book tells the story of freemasons who served as theatrical 'shock troops of the Enlightenment'.