{"product_id":"theatre-and-governance-in-britain-tony-fisher-9781316633311","title":"Theatre and Governance in Britain, 1500-1900","description":"This book begins with a simple observation - that just as the theatre resurfaced during the late Renaissance, so too government as we understand it today also began to appear. Their mutually entwining history was to have a profound influence on the development of the modern British stage. This volume proposes a new reading of theatre's relation to the public sphere. Employing a series of historical case studies drawn from the London theatre, Tony Fisher shows why the stage was of such great concern to government by offering close readings of well-known religious, moral, political, economic and legal disputes over the role, purpose and function of the stage in the 'well-ordered society'. In framing these disputes in relation to what Michel Foucault called the emerging 'art of government', this book draws out - for the first time - a full genealogy of the governmental 'discourse on the theatre'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Fisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316633314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316633311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Tony Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442209763583,"sku":"9781316633311","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf371080-fc1e-4f8b-bc2e-d8d4f56e7377.jpg?v=1777195842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-and-governance-in-britain-tony-fisher-9781316633311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}