Theatres of War Performance, Politics, and Society, 1793-1815

"Gillian Russell argues that the war between England and France which lasted from 1793 to 1815, with just one brief respite around 1802, had three main manifestations on the home front: soldiers, sailors and theatricals....The main achievement of Russell's thoroughly researched book is to show how the armed forces were extremely visible in the period and were the subject of what we would now call 'constant media attention', with dramatic spectacle and graphic satire playing the role which has been taken over by television. As its punning title suggests, 'The Theatres of War' is dedicated to the proposition that militarism was a theatrical affair and the theatrical profession a warring one.Russell, Gillian is the author of 'Theatres of War Performance, Politics, and Society, 1793-1815', published 1995 under ISBN 9780198122630 and ISBN 0198122632.