1st Edition
Theatrical Unrest Ten Riots in the History of the Stage, 1601-2004
Chapter One: Raising the Dead: The Essex Rebellion of 1601 and Shakespeare’s King Richard II.
Chapter Two: Passion and Revolt: Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d and the 1795 Westminster Riot.
Chapter Three: ‘The Drama’s laws the Drama’s Patrons give’: The Covent Garden Old Price Riots of
1809.
Chapter Four: ‘The Most Important Occasion of the Century’: Victor Hugo and the 1830 Battle of
Hernani.
Chapter Five: Theatre’s Bloodiest Night: The New York Riots of 1849.
Chapter Six: Stand-off at Primrose Hill: The Shakespeare Tercentenary of 1864.
Chapter Seven: Representing a Nation: the Dublin Abbey Theatre Riots of 1907 and 1926.
Chapter Eight: The French Republic under siege: Coriolanus in Paris, February 1934.
Chapter Nine: Dishonour and Sacred Space: Behzti in Birmingham, 2004.
Biography
Sean McEvoy teaches English at Varndean College in Brighton and at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. He has written a number of books on the theatre, including Shakespeare: The Basics and Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist.
