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Raianu, Mircea Appleton, Nicholas Ryan Digital Repository at the University of Maryland University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) History 2019-06-20T05:42:09Z 2019-06-20T05:42:09Z 2019 https://doi.org/10.13016/gph4-cvmw http://hdl.handle.net/1903/22044 ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: STAGING AN EMPIRE: HOW LATE VICTORIAN THEATRE REPRESENTS PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Nicholas Appleton, Master of Arts, 2019 Thesis Directed By: Mircea Raianu PhD, Assistant Professor of History This thesis denotes the changing perception of the British empire among the general populace during the late Victorian period. By placing the plays of Dion Boucicault and Gilbert and Sullivan into the larger historical context, this thesis also comments on the larger historiographical debate about the influence of imperialism on popular culture between John MacKenzie and Bernard Porter. en Staging an Empire: How Late Victorian Theatre Represents Public Perceptions of the British Empire Thesis European history Bernard Porter Boucicault Gilbert and Sullivan Imperialism John MacKenzie Victorian Theatre open.access