British Enlightenment theatre : dramatizing difference / Bridget Orr.

"In this ground-breaking work, Bridget Orr shows that popular eighteenth-century theatre was about much more than fashion, manners and party politics. Using the theatre as a means of circulating and publicizing radical Enlightenment ideas, many plays made passionate arguments for religious and cultu...

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Main Author: Orr, Bridget (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Physical Description:x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction : dramatizing enlightenment -- Addison, Steele and enlightened sentiment -- Fair captives and spiritual dragooning : Islam and toleration on stage -- The black legend, noble savagery and indigenous voice -- The Masonic invention of domestic tragedy -- Local savagery : the enlightenment countryside on stage. 
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