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Church and Stage in Victorian England

by Richard Foulkes

  • Hardback
  • 278 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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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. Dr Foulkes 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 history such as censorship, urbanization, transport, leisure, self-improvement and women's emancipation. The volume contains portraits of significant churchmen, dramatists, actors and actresses, including Newman and Keble, Bulwer Lytton and Shaw, Irving, Fanny Kemble and Ellen Terry. They were amongst the influential figures who participated in the search for a common culture which preoccupied the nineteenth century. To the Victorians the Church and the theatre were important parts of everyday life; in this study the two institutions are explored in relation not only to each other but also to the social, economic and intellectual movements of the period.
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  • Author

    Richard Foulkes

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 1997

  • Weight

    527g

  • Page Count

    278

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521453202

  • ISBN-10

    0521453208

  • Eden Code

    1192204

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