Title: The theatres of war
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Theater, Theater and the war, Sailors as actors, Soldiers as actors, Theater audiences, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, History, Theater, great britain, history, Theater, political aspects, War in art
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PN2594 .R87 1995