Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Great Recoinage (1695-1698) -- 1. "Virtue Is as Much Debased as Our Money" -- 2. Recoining the Repertory -- Interlude (1700-1720) -- 3. Women at the Theater-Finance Nexus -- Part II The South Sea Bubble (1720-1722) -- 4. Defrauding the Public -- 5. "His Title, Not His Play, We Set to Sale" -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"Speculative Enterprise explores the deep interconnections between the nascent financial sector and the patent playhouses of the early eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2021)