Chartist drama
Paperback | Mar 2022 | Manchester University Press | 9781526164100 | 264pp | 234x156mm | RFB | AUD$44.99, NZD$49.99
Hardback | May 2020 | Manchester University Press | 9781526142061 | 264pp | 234x156mm | RFB | AUD$185.00, NZD$220.00
This volume opens a window onto a unique culture of politicised working-class drama by offering four plays that highlight the diversity of Chartist performance: a verse tragedy concerning the Newport rising; a Gothic melodrama; a frequently reenacted treason trial; and a Romantic-era history play. -- .