Democracy, Theatre and Performance - From the Greeks to Gandhi

"David Wiles boldly reframes democracy as a form of theatre, moving from Athens to the English, French, and American revolutions, and to Indian independence, exploring how democracy really works. Engagingly written, his book will reshape thinking for students and general readers in theatre, history and political science alike"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: democracy as performance; 2. Rhetoric in Athenian democracy; 3. Acting versus sincerity: Aeschines v. Demosthenes; 4. Puritan democracy: the English Revolution; 5. Oratory in the French revolutionary; 6. American democracy: from the founders to feminism; 7. Democracy as a universal good: Gandhi, Tagore and the new India; 8. Theatrocracy: back to Athens.

About the author

David Wiles is Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of Exeter. He has written and edited many books, including Greek Theatre Performance (2000), Theatre and Citizenship (2011), The Players' Advice to Hamlet (2020) and The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History (2013), all published by Cambridge University Press.

Product details

• Authors: David Wiles, David (University of Exeter) Wiles, Wiles David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009167994
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0916799-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; History of Ideas, Cultural Studies, DRAMA / General, Theatre Studies, Political structures: democracy, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Political structures / systems: democracy