Descript |
xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Contents |
Prologue : 'The atlas of the stage and state' -- Representing (mis)representation. First principles : the American war and the 'playwright patriot' ; 'Gross deceptions' : newspapers, theatre, and the propaganda war -- Rhetorics of atrocity. Tyranny in India, or, Britain's character lost : a tragedy ; 'Hear me!' : Pizarro and the politics of silence -- Revolutionary stage effects. Managing performance : state, spectacle, spectators ; 'Systems of terror' : the scenography of incarceration -- Epilogue : 'Sherry Andrews' and the antitheatricality of politics. |
ISBN |
9780199642847 |
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0199642842 |
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