Theatre and Empire: Great Britain on the London Stages Under James VI and IThis book looks at the genesis of the British national identity in the reign of King James I and VI. While devolution is currently decentralizing Britain, this book examines how the idea of a united kingdom was created in the first place. It does this by studying both the political language of the King’s project to replace England, Scotland, and Wales with a single kingdom of Great Britain and the cultural representations of empire on the public and private stages. |
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Theatre and Empire: Great Britain on the London Stages Under James VI and I Tristan Marshall No preview available - 2020 |
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