Church and Stage in Victorian England

by Richard Foulkes

Book Overview

During the reign of Queen Victoria, herself an ardent theatregoer as well as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, a remarkable rapprochement was effected between the Church and the stage. This 1997 book explores the implications for the theatre of the great religious movements of the period: Tractarianism, Christian Socialism and Latitudinarianism. This central relationship is seen in the context of other important themes in Victorian cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103437X
• ISBN13: 9780521034371
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"