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… and gesture, what her expression meant.’ 6  Increasingly large audiences, however, still found much to enjoy in the spectacle the expanded theatre afforded. At the third theatre’s opening, the  Whitehall Evening Post  approvingly noted the audience’s splendour matched the new theatre’s grandeur during the showing of  Macbeth , which featured such spectacles as Hecate’s spirit descending on a cloud by means of a machine; a Fuseli-inspired crowd of evil spirits … engaged in the reciprocal cut and thrust of witty repartee to a more capacious space with increasing reliance upon spectacle to summon collective passions such as awe, wonder and sympathy .   Drury Lane’s Audiences Differently priced …

… society. 4 . Gentleman’s Magazine 15 (1745), pp. 193-7, quoted in Simon Schaffer, ‘Natural Philosophy and Public Spectacle in the Eighteenth Century,’ History of Science 21 (1983), pp. 1-43, p. 6. By the 1740s, scientific lecturing … and electricity. Scientific experiments took their place in a metropolis that offered an unprecedented range of visual spectacles. A visitor to the city in 1807 took in demonstrations of a steam engine, a purported perpetual motion machine, … City, 1800-1840  (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992), p. 129–42. Schaffer, Simon, ‘Natural Philosophy and Public Spectacle in the Eighteenth Century’, History of Science (vol. 21, 1983), p. 1–43. Shapin, Steven, and Simon Schaffer, …

… de Rennes, 2020), p. 102. 12 . Voir le titre de l’ouvrage de Dominique Quéro, Les amusements à la mode. L’essor des spectacles de société dans la première moitié du XVIIIe siècle (Paris: PUPS (à paraître)). Share Partager sur Facebook … oubliée (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2015). Trott, David, Théâtre du XVIIIe siècle. Jeux, écritures, regards. Essai sur les spectacles en France de 1700 à 1790 (Montpellier: Espaces 34, 2000). In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Letter from Mme de Staal … oubliée (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2015). Trott, David, Théâtre du XVIIIe siècle. Jeux, écritures, regards. Essai sur les spectacles en France de 1700 à 1790 (Montpellier: Espaces 34, 2000). … Aesthetics … Community … Entertainement … Taste … …

… suivants diverses catégories sociales. Tendues entre désir de savoir et plaisir de montrer, l’enjeu oscille entre spectacle et érudition. Les cabinets de curiosités engagent ainsi une sociabilité complexe. Places > Nature Places > … suivants diverses catégories sociales. Tendues entre désir de savoir et plaisir de montrer, l’enjeu oscille entre spectacle et érudition. Les cabinets de curiosités engagent ainsi une sociabilité complexe. … Brink, Claudia (dir.), …

… more largely from British sensibility. The advent of drama and dramatic comedy testifies to the importance of pathos and spectacle during this time. This type of theatre encouraged spectators to identify with the characters and their … more largely from British sensibility. The advent of drama and dramatic comedy testifies to the importance of pathos and spectacle during this time. This type of theatre encouraged spectators to identify with the characters and their …