Ebook: Theatre and empire: Great Britain on the London stages under James VI and I

This book looks at the genesis of the British national identity in the reign of King James I and VI, via the cultural representations of empire on the public and private stages.

This book looks at the genesis of British national identity in the reign of King James I and VI. It does this by studying two things: the political language of the King's project to replace England, Scotland and Wales with a single kingdom of Great Britain; and cultural representations of empire on the public and private stages.