| Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment Contributor(s): Worrall, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851968512 ISBN-13: 9781851968510 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 822.509 |
| LCCN: 2007390264 |
| Series: Enlightenment World: Political and Intellectual History of t |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |