Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-414) and index.
Contents
Introduction : entertainment, mediation and the future of empire -- Diversions. The agents of Mars and the Temples of Venus : John Burgoyne's remediated pleasures -- Out to America : performance and the politics of mediated space -- Regime Change. To rise in greater splendor : John Andre's Errant knights -- "The body" of David Garrick : Richard Brinsley Sheridan, America and the ends of theatre -- Celebrations. Which is the man? remediation, interruption and the celebration of martial masculinity -- Days and nights of the living dead : Handelmania -- Coda : "in praise of the oak, its advantage and prosperity".
