TY - BOOK AU - O'Quinn,Daniel ED - Project Muse. TI - Entertaining Crisis in the Atlantic Imperium, 1770-1790 SN - 9781421401898 AV - PR714.M37 O68 2011 U1 - 822/.50938541073 22 PB - The Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Press and politics KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Theater KW - Political aspects KW - England KW - London KW - Politics and literature KW - Masculinity in literature KW - English drama KW - History and criticism KW - United States KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Influence KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-414) and index; Introduction : entertainment, mediation and the future of empire -- Diversions. The agents of Mars and the Temples of Venus : John Burgoyne's remediated pleasures -- Out to America : performance and the politics of mediated space -- Regime Change. To rise in greater splendor : John Andre's Errant knights -- "The body" of David Garrick : Richard Brinsley Sheridan, America and the ends of theatre -- Celebrations. Which is the man? remediation, interruption and the celebration of martial masculinity -- Days and nights of the living dead : Handelmania -- Coda : "in praise of the oak, its advantage and prosperity"; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1868/ ER -