RESTORING BRITAIN: PERFORMANCES OF STUART SUCCESSION IN DUBLIN, EDINBURGH, AND LONDON

摘要: Though much worthy scholarship exists about English Restoration theatre, few studies examine the intersections between theatrical activity in London and its British “sister” cities of Dublin Edinburgh stakes Stuart restoration union for all three kingdoms expressed through theatre performance. This dissertation is a historiographical reconfiguration period that analyzes how performance Dublin, Edinburgh, contributed to Charles II’s reestablishment rule union. My project brings together new history uncover cultural performances re-defined during restoration. I succession case-studies: beheadings, Shakespeare adaptations, actress. I analyze beheadings as events map triple his Irish Scottish viceroys. Through their speeches on scaffold, viceroys made themselves enduring symbols monarchy. II then reestablished execution royal power, executing publicly displaying corpses regicides. He highly regulated however, especially plays restaged executions from history. ways which adaptations interrogated past present betrayed tensions kingdoms. consider adaptation practice shared by playwrights, both invested restoring Britain’s past. artists created into an origin myth theatre. Lastly, argue introduced professional actress public stage surrogate two traditions female performance, boy actor courtier, who served agenda provide subjects with access himself court. revived Britannia, personification Britain, capitalize popularity create support ownership over reunited Britain.