David Garrick’s Shakespeare and the Emergence of a National Culture :guardsman:

--- tags: DramaSix, class --- # David Garrick’s Shakespeare and the Emergence of a National Culture :guardsman: ### Arc of the class ### Questions to Consider _Question_ What were the effects of the Stage Licensing Act of 1737? How was the 1737 act amended by the Theatres Act of 1843? _Question_ How did theater contribute to thinking about national identity in 18th-century England? How did it help to promote notions of national distinction? _Question_ Why did the plays of Shakespeare enjoy such prominence in England during the 18th century? _Question_ How do 18th-century notions of “nature” and the “natural” vary from notions of “nature” and the “natural” today?