Politics, Performance and Popular Culture - Theatre and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Working with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political, this book brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base.

About the author

Peter Yeandle is Lecturer in History at the Loughborough UniversityKatherine Newey is Professor of Theatre History at the University of ExeterJeffrey Richards is Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University

Product details

• Authors: Peter Newey Yeandle
• Assisted by: Katherine Newey (Editor), Newey Katherine (Editor), Jeffrey Richards (Editor), Richards Jeffrey (Editor), Peter Yeandle (Editor), Yeandle Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781526167231
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6723-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theatre Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history