Strolling players of empire theater and performances of power in the British imperial provinces, 1656-1833 Wilson, Kathleen creator author. Cambridge University Press text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2022 2022 monographic eng remote 1 online resource ( xvi, 480 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. Prologue: Strollers without borders -- Introduction: Britain's theatrical empire -- Peripheralizing the spheres : theatrical assemblages of the imperial provinces -- Rowe's Fair penitent as global history : colonial family strategies and the imperatives of nation -- The lure of the other : Jews, Nabobs and enslaved Africans in a transcolonial imaginary -- Performances of freedom : Jamaican Maroons in imperial transit -- Blackface empire : or, the slavery meridian -- Zanga's colony : revenge in Sydney -- Performing the wonder in Sumatra : theatrical ethnography in a New World history -- In conclusion: Napoleonic Gothic, or St. Helena as center of the British world. Kathleen Wilson. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- Traveling theater Political aspects Great Britain History 18th century Theater and society Great Britain History 18th century English drama 18th century History and criticism National characteristics, British, in literature Hegemony Great Britain Cultural relations Great Britain Colonies History 18th century Great Britain Civilization 18th century British colonies Civilization Cultural relations English drama Hegemony National characteristics, British, in literature Theater and society Great Britain 1700-1799 fast PN2599.5.T73 W55 2022 306.4/8480941 Strolling players of empire Wilson, Kathleen. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022 (DLC) 2022011794 Critical perspectives on empire 9781108786317 1108786316 9781108479783 2022011795 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108786317 DLC 220521 20230619015411.0 in00004690942 eng