British Drama of the Industrial Revolution /

"Between the advent of the French Revolution and the short-lived success of the Chartist Movement, overworked and underpaid labourers struggled to achieve solidarity and collective bargaining. That history has been told in numerous accounts of the age, but never before has it been told in terms...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burwick, Frederick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Theater > England > History > 19th century.
English drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Working class > England > History > 19th century.
Théâtre > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Théâtre anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Travailleurs > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
English drama.
Theater.
Working class.
Industrielle Revolution
Arbeiter
Theater
England.
Großbritannien
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Playing the provinces
  • 2. Patronage: merchants, tradesmen
  • 3. Combination acts and friendly societies
  • 4. Weavers
  • 5. Mines and mills
  • 6. King Ludd, Captain Swing, Captain Rock
  • 7. Vagrants, beggars
  • 8. Poachers, smugglers, wreckers, coiners
  • 9. Explosions, conflagrations, and other happy endings.

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