Pub Date: January 1, 2007
Dewey: 822.509355
LCCN: 2007390264
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.23 lbs) 272 pages
BISAC Categories:
Drama | European | English Irish Scottish Welsh | Literary Criticism | General | History | Europe | Great Britain General
Series: Enlightenment World
Description: Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.