Treating the Public: Charitable Theater and Civic Health in the Early Modern Atlantic World

Synopsis

Introduction: Public Theater And Public Health In The Early Modern Atlantic World -- The Money That Comes From The Plays: Comedies And Charitable Urban Public Health -- Institutions In Madrid And London -- Playing In The Port: Theater In Early Modern Seville And Bristol -- Comedies In Colonial Contexts: Theater In Early Modern Mexico City And Dublin -- Aware That It Is A Public Work: Commercial Drama In Puebla And Williamsburg -- The Plague Of The Republic: Antitheatrical Sentiment And Its Limits In The Atlantic World -- Conclusion. Rachael Ball. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.