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Speculative Enterprise

- Public Theaters and Financial Markets in London, 1688-1763

About Speculative Enterprise

Identifies a discursive "theatre-finance nexus" at work in plays by Colley Cibber, Richard Steele, and Susanna Centlivre as well as in the vibrant eighteenth-century media landscape. As Burkert demonstrates, the stock market and the entertainment industry were recognised as interconnected institutions that gave rise to new modes of resistance.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780813945958
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 272
  • Published:
  • May 29, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 580 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: March 5, 2025

Description of Speculative Enterprise

Identifies a discursive "theatre-finance nexus" at work in plays by Colley Cibber, Richard Steele, and Susanna Centlivre as well as in the vibrant eighteenth-century media landscape. As Burkert demonstrates, the stock market and the entertainment industry were recognised as interconnected institutions that gave rise to new modes of resistance.

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