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Summary:

"During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. This book describes how playwrights and theater managers of the period discovered and created transformative theatrical and social roles for actresses and wartime women characters. Women characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming into deeply patriotic British subjects, and this book interprets them as entertainment and as ideological and propagandistic vehicles in times of crisis"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Backscheider, Paula R., 1943- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Women in wartime: theatrical representations in the long eighteenth century [by Backscheider, P.R.]

Subjects:

English drama — 18th century — History and criticism

Women in literature

Women in the theater — Great Britain — History — 18th century

Women and the military — Great Britain — History — 18th century

Women and war — Great Britian — History — 18th century

War and theater — Great Britain — History — 18th century

Theater and society — Great Britain — History — 18th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

PR708.W6 B33 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781421441696 (electronic bk.)
1421441691 (electronic bk.)
9781421441672 [Invalid]
1421441675 [Invalid]
9781421441689 [Invalid]
1421441683 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1282595164

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6795745 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17701262