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THEATRE & DISORDER C

By Baer

THEATRE & DISORDER C

By Baer

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In September 189, 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 a further sixty-six nights that autumn and the Old Price riots became the longest running theatre riots 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. Previousunderstandings of the riots are substantially revised by stressing populist rather than class politics and the book concentrates on the theatricality of audiences, the role of the stage in shaping English self-image, and the relationship between contention and consensus.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1992-01-01
Publication Date:
2008-11-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198112505
ISBN13:
9780198112501
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
616 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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