Böcker av Nicholas Ridout

Proposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility, characterized by the cultivation of distance. This study of history, class, and spectatorship offers proof of 'why theatre matters', and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically.

Proposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility. This engagingly written treatise on history, class, and spectatorship offers compelling proof of "why theater matters", and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically.

A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world