02020cam a22003618i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000300008903500130011904000380013204200080017005000230017808200360020110000270023724500840026426300090034826400840035730000460044133600260048733700280051333800270054150400510056850503720061952003590099165000150135065000240136565000320138965000330142165000320145477601720148623310140CSPC20261015090108.0230907s2024    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2023042151  a9781009167994q(hardback)  a23310140  aICU/DLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdCSPC  apcc00aJC423b.W4756 202400a321.809bW647d223/eng/202312081 aWiles, David,eauthor.10aDemocracy, theatre and performance :bfrom the Greeks to Gandhi /cDavid Wiles.  a2402 1aCambridge, United Kingdom ;aNew York, NY :bCambridge University Press,c2024.  avii, 241 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction: democracy as performance -- Rhetoric in Athens -- Acting versus sincerity: Aeschines versus Demosthenes -- Puritan democracy: the English revolution -- Oratory in the French revolution -- American democracy: from the founders to feminism -- Democracy as a universal good: Gandhi, Tagore and the new India -- Theatre and theatocracy in democratic Athens.  a"David Wiles boldly reframes democracy as a form of theatre, moving from Athens to the English, French, and American revolutions, and to Indian independence, exploring how democracy really works. Engagingly written, his book will reshape thinking for students and general readers in theatre, history and political science alike"--cProvided by publisher. 0aDemocracy. 0aDemocracyxHistory. 0aTheaterxPolitical aspects. 0aRhetoricxPolitical aspects. 0aOratoryxPolitical aspects.08iOnline version:aWiles, David, 1951-tDemocracy, theatre and performancedCambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024z9781009167970w(DLC) 2023042152