The theatres of war
Subtitle: performance, politics, and society,  1793-1815
By: Gillian Russell.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Theater and the war.; Soldiers as actors -- Great Britain.; Sailors as actors -- Great Britain.; Theater audiences -- Great Britain.
Description: Based on compelling new research and drawing on recent developments in literary and historical studies, The Theatres of War reveals the importance of the theatre in the shaping of responses to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815). Gillian Russell explores the roles of the army and navy as both actors and audiences, showing that theatricality was crucial to the self-perception of soldiers and sailors fighting on behalf of an often distant domestic audience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-201) and index.