Between 1770 and 1800, transformations in the relationship between
metropolitan British society and its colonial holdings, and in the
concept of the nation itself, left Britons with a new sense of
themselves. Over the same period, the consolidation of the middle
classes was accompanied by growing social constraints on sexuality
and family life. Staging Governance locates the intersection of
these two trends in the representation of British India on the
London stage. Theatrical productions, especially those representing
colonial life, pushed the limits of public discourse on sexuality
and colonialism even as the government made efforts to shape and
narrow them. At the same time, official discourse on colonial
practices, such as the public trials of Clive and Hastings, became
theatrical events themselves.
Exploring this rapidly shifting world through a series of
original readings of dramatic texts and important moments of
oratory, Staging Governance demonstrates how the perceived crises
of imperial and domestic Britain joined these spheres in the
popular imagination. The economics of political and sexual exchange
not only became entwined but functioned as mutual supports during a
period of social, cultural, and political readjustment.
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