Political Actors: Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution

by Paul Friedland

Book Overview

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence between theater and politics included the election of dramatic actors to powerful political and military positions and reports that deputies to the National Assembly were taking acting lessons and planting paid "claqueurs" in the audience to applaud their employers on demand. Meanwhile, in a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801488095
• ISBN13: 9780801488092
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher