Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500-1900 (e-bog) af Fisher, Tony
Fisher, Tony (forfatter)

Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500-1900 e-bog

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This book begins with a simple observation - that just as the theatre resurfaced during the late Renaissance, so too government as we understand it today also began to appear. Their mutually entwining history was to have a profound influence on the development of the modern British stage. This volume proposes a new reading of theatre's relation to the public sphere. Employing a series of histor...
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Forfattere Fisher, Tony (forfatter)
Udgivet 16 juni 2017
Genrer 1DB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781316863596
This book begins with a simple observation - that just as the theatre resurfaced during the late Renaissance, so too government as we understand it today also began to appear. Their mutually entwining history was to have a profound influence on the development of the modern British stage. This volume proposes a new reading of theatre's relation to the public sphere. Employing a series of historical case studies drawn from the London theatre, Tony Fisher shows why the stage was of such great concern to government by offering close readings of well-known religious, moral, political, economic and legal disputes over the role, purpose and function of the stage in the 'well-ordered society'. In framing these disputes in relation to what Michel Foucault called the emerging 'art of government', this book draws out - for the first time - a full genealogy of the governmental 'discourse on the theatre'.