Theatrical Aesthetics and Transatlantic Representation in Robert Hunter’s Androboros

This essay argues that New York governor Robert Hunter’s 1715 play Androboros relies on a theatrical aesthetics that transcends dramatic form. Even though the play was never performed, its dramatic narrative still focuses on the body-on-stage, and negotiates the contingency that characterizes the co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leopold Lippert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles 2017-12-01
Series:XVII-XVIII
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/1718/832