Annotation The first comparative study on the history and practice of popular theatre in Britain, Canada and overseas, incorporating the individual contribution

In early modern Spain, theater reached the height of its popularity during the same decades in which Spanish monarchs were striving to consolidate their power.

This book is the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right, exploring how theatre shapes political acts, ideals, and communities in the modern

One of the first titles in this vibrant and eye-catching new series of short, sharp, shots for theatre students.

In the playhouses of eighteenth-century France, clerks and students, soldiers and merchants, and the occasional aristocrat stood in the pit, while the majority