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Author:   David Worrall (, Professor of English Literature, The Nottingham Trent University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9780199239139

ISBN 10:   0199239134
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   11 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Customs and Practices: The Regulation of the Theatres 2: The Suppression of the Royalty Theatre, London East End 3: Theatrical Oligarchies: The Role of the Examiner of Plays 4: Theatrical Subcultures: Fireworks, Freemasonry, and Philip De Loutherbourg 5: Political Microcultures: The Censorship of Thomas Dibdin's Two Farmers 6: The Theatricalization of British Popular Culture: Queen Caroline and the Royal Coburg Theatre 7: The Theatricalization of British Popular Culture: A General Historical Anthropology 8: Political Dramas: Harlequin Negro and Plots And Placemen 9: The Theatre of Crime: The Mysterious Murder and The Murdered Maid 10: The Theatre of Subversion: Carlile's Rotunda and Captain Swing Conclusion

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`Review from previous edition Worrall takes us on a dazzling journey ... His research is thorough and wide-ranging, relying almost entirely on primary sources ... Much new ground is broken here.' Paula Byrne, Times Literary Supplement `theatrical microhistories are deeply researched and sparkle with insight, and historians and literary scholars alike will find them fascinating' Robert Poole, Reviews in History

Exhaustively researched.... A valuable resource. --Margaret Russett, Studies in English Literature<br>

<br> Full of original research, intriguing detail, and rewardingly thick description. --Studies in Romanticism<p><br>

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David Worrall is Professor of English Literature at The Nottingham Trent University.

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