Inchbald’S Kotzebue: The Wise Man of the East (1799) and Social Assemblage Theory

This article argues that Lord Mansfield's judgement in favour of the actor Charles Macklin in 1775 wrought a profound change on noisy and disruptive theatre auditoriums. Mansfield ruled that persons returning to theatres to repeatedly disrupt performances were guilty of conspiracy and performer...

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Main Author: Worrall David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-02-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2014.2014.issue-1/lincu-2015-0020/lincu-2015-0020.xml?format=INT