Strolling Players of Empire: Theater and Performances of Power in the British Imperial Provinces, 1656-1833

by Kathleen Wilson

A tour across the globe that tracks eighteenth-century English theatrical and social performance as vital to the establishment of the British Empire and its networks. Kathleen Wilson shows how performances put into circulation embodied social and political values and practices that had world-making intentions and effects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108479782
• ISBN13: 9781108479783
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.9"