Theatre History · c. 1730–1840
Reason, Revolution, and the Rise of the Individual
Through Enlightenment drama, Romanticism, and the revolutionary theatrical experiments of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, we investigate how playwrights began challenging authority, tradition, and the rules of dramatic storytelling.
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The Graphic Novel
Live the riots, premieres and rebellions panel by panel.
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The Encyclopedia
Playwrights, plays, movements and terms — A to Z.
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Scholarly Journals
The key studies and debates historians still argue over.
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Today & Pop Culture
From Figaro to Hamilton: where the revolution lives now.