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Author Burkert, Mattie, 1987- author.

Title Speculative enterprise : public theaters and financial markets in London, 1688-1763 / Mattie Burkert
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents 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)
Subject Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
Theatrical companies -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
Theater -- Economic aspects -- England -- London
HISTORY -- Modern -- 18th Century.
Economic history
Theater
Theater -- Economic aspects
Theatrical companies
SUBJECT London (England) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056673
Subject England -- London
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020051346
ISBN 0813945976
9780813945972