Staging Governance

Daniel O'Quinn is an associate professor in the School of Literatures and Performance Studies in English at the University of Guelph, Ontario.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Supplementation of Imperial SovereigntyPart I: Ethnographic ActsChapter 1. Empire's Vicious Expenses: Samuel Foote's The Nabob and the Credit Crisis of 1772Chapter 2. "As Much as Science Can Approach Barbarity" Pantomimical Ethnography in Omai; or, A Trip round the WorldPart II: Women and the Trials of Imperial MasculinityChapter 3. Inchbald's Indies: Meditations on Despotism circa 1784Chapter 4. The Raree Show of ImpeachmentChapter 5. Molière's Old Woman: Judging and Being Judged with Frances BurneyPart III: A Theatre of Perpetual WarChapter 6. Starke Reforms: Martial Masculinity and the Perils of IndianizationChapter 7. War and Precinema: Tipu Sultan and the Allure of Mechanical DisplayAfterword: Recreational AlterityNotesIndex

An ambitious and compelling book, notable for its command of divergent fields and discourses, its careful readings, and its theoretical reach. -- Betsy Bolton Comparative Drama O'Quinn's focus... is refreshing. -- Diedre Lynch Studies in English Literature A sophisticated exposition... useful and stimulating. -- Cheryl Wanko 1650-1850: Ideas, Esthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era An ambitious and important book. -- Michael Garner Studies in Romanticism The book as a whole is an impressive scholarly achievement and a major contribution to the fields of romantic theatre and imperial studies. Theatre Research International Groundbreaking, informative, and penetrating, and it [ Staging Governance: Theatrical Imperialism in London, 1770-1800] offers significant new information about the role of the theater in late eighteenth-century debates about the Asian colonies and English government. -- Jeremy W. Webster Eighteenth-Century Life O'Quinn's book is one of great importance and significant innovation. His understanding of the situated nature and ideological function of performance is excellent. -- David Francis Taylor Huntington Library Quarterly