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- Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900
- Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Origins of the Discourse on Theatre
- Part II Theatre and Its Publics
- Chapter 3 Theatrocracy and the Public Sphere
- Chapter 4 The Beggar’s Opera and the Criminal ‘Picturesque’
- Chapter 5 The Deontic Stage in the Eighteenth Century
- Part III Theatre in the Age of Reform
- Works Consulted
- Index
Chapter 4 - The Beggar’s Opera and the Criminal ‘Picturesque’
from Part II - Theatre and Its Publics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2017
- Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900
- Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Origins of the Discourse on Theatre
- Part II Theatre and Its Publics
- Chapter 3 Theatrocracy and the Public Sphere
- Chapter 4 The Beggar’s Opera and the Criminal ‘Picturesque’
- Chapter 5 The Deontic Stage in the Eighteenth Century
- Part III Theatre in the Age of Reform
- Works Consulted
- Index
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- Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500–1900Democracy, Disorder and the State, pp. 140 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017