Acts of supremacy : the British Empire and the stage, 1790-1930 / J.S. Bratton [and others]

Bratton, J.S.. Cave, Richard Allen. Gregory, Breandan. Holder, Heidi J.. Pickering, Michael [authors]

1991, First Edition. Manchester ; New York New York, NY, USA : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394725
ISBN: 0719025834

Physical description; viii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index. Contents; British heroism and the structure of melodrama / J.S. Bratton -- Staging the Irishman / Richard Allen Cave -- Melodrama, realism and empire on the British stage / Heidi J. Holder -- Staging British India / Breandan Gregory -- Mock blacks and racial mockery : the 'nigger' minstrel and British imperialism / Michael Pickering. Subject; Commonwealth. 1800-1999. Geschichte 1790-1930. Theater Great Britain History 19th century. Theater Great Britain History 20th century. Theater and society Great Britain. English drama 19th century History and criticism. English drama 20th century History and criticism. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. English drama.

Price: €75.00