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… Rowe’s play Tamerlane in November were tied to historic dates to remind theatre patrons of elements of their national identity. 19 Britain’s recovery after the loss of her American colonies likewise ‘entailed intense cultural work that fundamentally realigned identity categories and social dispositions,’ 20 in part through a reimagined repertoire. George Lillo’s domestic … impact was much greater than the sum of its audiences. The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane’s importance in shaping social identity during the eighteenth century was widely celebrated, perhaps nowhere better than in the playwright Arthur …
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