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- catalog abstract "In September of 1809 during the opening night of Macbeth at the newly rebuilt Covent Garden theatre the audience rioted over the rise in ticket prices. Disturbances took place on the following sixty-six nights that autumn and the Old Price riots became the longest running theatre disorder in English history. This book describes the events in detail, sets them in their wider context, and uses them to examine the interpenetration of theatre and disorder. Previous understandings of the riots are substantially revised by stressing populist rather than class politics. Baer concentrates on the theatricality of audiences, the role of the stage in shaping English self-image and the relationship between contention and consensus. In so doing, theatre and theatricality are rediscovered as explanations for the cultural and political structures of the Georgian period. Based on meticulous research in theatre and governmental records, newspapers, private correspondence, and satirical prints and other ephemera, this study is an unusually interesting and original contribution to the social and political history of early 19th-century Britain.".
- catalog contributor b3434035.
- catalog coverage "Covent Garden (London, England) History.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "In September of 1809 during the opening night of Macbeth at the newly rebuilt Covent Garden theatre the audience rioted over the rise in ticket prices. Disturbances took place on the following sixty-six nights that autumn and the Old Price riots became the longest running theatre disorder in English history. This book describes the events in detail, sets them in their wider context, and uses them to examine the interpenetration of theatre and disorder. Previous understandings of the riots are substantially revised by stressing populist rather than class politics. Baer concentrates on the theatricality of audiences, the role of the stage in shaping English self-image and the relationship between contention and consensus. In so doing, theatre and theatricality are rediscovered as explanations for the cultural and political structures of the Georgian period. Based on meticulous research in theatre and governmental records, newspapers, private correspondence, and satirical prints and other ephemera, this study is an unusually interesting and original contribution to the social and political history of early 19th-century Britain.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 291 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Theatre and disorder in late Georgian London.".
- catalog identifier "0198112505".
- catalog isFormatOf "Theatre and disorder in late Georgian London.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Theatre and disorder in late Georgian London.".
- catalog spatial "Covent Garden (London, England) History.".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog subject "792/.09421/09034 20".
- catalog subject "Covent Garden (London, England) History.".
- catalog subject "Old Price Riots, London, England, 1809.".
- catalog subject "PN2596.L6 B28 1992".
- catalog subject "Performing arts Ticket prices England London History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Theater England London History 19th century.".
- catalog title "Theatre and disorder in late Georgian London / Marc Baer.".
- catalog type "text".