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Theatre and Disorder in Late Georgian London (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,586
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Theatre and Disorder in Late Georgian London (Hardcover): Marc Baer

Theatre and Disorder in Late Georgian London (Hardcover)

Marc Baer

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In September of 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 the following sixty-six nights that autumn and the Old Price riots became the longest running theatre disorder 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. Baer concentrates on the theatricality of audiences, the role of the stage in shaping English self-image and the relationship between contention and consensus. In so doing, theatre and theatricality are rediscovered as explanations for the cultural and political structures of the Georgian period. Based on meticulous research in theatre and governmental records, newspapers, private correspondence, and satirical prints and other ephemera, this study is an unusually interesting and original contribution to the social and political history of early 19th-century Britain.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: 1992
Authors: Marc Baer (Associate Professor, Department of History)
Dimensions: 224 x 145 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-811250-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-19-811250-5
Barcode: 9780198112501

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