[DOC] Panda: An Intimate Portrait Of One Of The World's Most Elusive Characters by Heather Angel at Arts-Photography

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The theatre and drama of the late Georgian period have been the focus of a number of recent studies; but such work has tended to ignore its social and political contexts. Theatric Revolution redresses the balance by considering the role of stage censorship during the Romantic period; an era otherwise associated with the freedom of expression. Looking beyond the Royal theatres at Covent Garden and Drury Lane which have dominated most recent accounts of theperiod; this book examines the day-to-day workings of the Lord Chamberlains Examiner of Plays and shows that radicalized groups of individuals continuously sought ways to evade the suppression of both playhouses and dramatic texts.Incorporating a wealth of new research; David Worrall reveals the centrality of theatre within busy networks of print culture; politics of all casts; elite and popular cultures; and metropolitan and provincial audiences. Ranging from the drawing room of Queen Carolines private theatrical to the song-and-supper dens of Soho and radical free and easies; Theatric Revolution deals with the complex vitality of Romantic theatrical culture; and its intense politicization at all levels. Thisfascinating new study will be of great value to cultural historians; as well as to literary and theatre scholars.