Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment by David Worrall

Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment

Enlightenment World

David Worrall

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Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It ar...

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