Based on new research, and informed by recent developments in literary and historical studies, The Theatres of War reveals the importance of the theatre in the shaping of response to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (17931815). Gillian Russell explores the roles of the military and navy as both actors and audiences, and shows their performances to be crucial to their selfperception as actors fighting on behalf of an often distant domestic audience. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of 17931815 had profound consequences for British society, politics, and culture. In this, the first indepth study of the cultural dimension of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Gillian Russell examines an important dimension of the experience of these wars theatricality. Through this study, the theatre emerges as a place where battles were celebrated in the form of spectacular reenactments, and where the tensions of mobilization on an hitherto unprecedented scale were played out in the form of riots and disturbances. Members of the military and the navy were actively engaged in such shows, taking to the stage as actors in the theatres of Britain, in ships off Portsmouth, and in the garrisons and battlefields of continental Europe and the empire. A lively and original book, The Theatres of War is major contribution to the cultural history of late Georgian Britain.

Binding: Hardcover;232 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: AN; Weight: 530 g; Dimensions: 224 x 144 x 23

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