TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wiles,David
TI  - Democracy, theatre and performance: from the Greeks to Gandhi 
SN  - 9781009167994
AV  - JC423 .W4756 2024
U1  - 321.809 23/eng/20231208
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Democracy
KW  - History
KW  - Theater
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Oratory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -