Scenes from Bourgeois Life, Paperback/Nicholas Ridout

Proposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility, characterized by the cultivation of distance. This study of history, class, and spectatorship offers proof of 'why theatre matters', and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically. Publisher: The University of Michigan Press Author(s): Nicholas Ridout Number of pages: 224 Collection: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 19 Cover type: Paperback / softback