Staging History: favourite objects and concluding thoughts
The series concludes with each of the contributors discussing an object that particularly stands out for them from the exhibition items and what it re...
Staging History, 1780 to 1840
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In this series, Michael Burden, David Kennerley and Susan Valladares from the University of Oxford discuss the fashion for staging historical dramas in British and American theatres in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The series accompanies the Bodleian Library’s exhibition on this theme and the podcasts include descriptions and discussions of many of the items on display.
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