The Politics of Sport: John Day's The Isle of Gulls

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https://doi.org/10.12745/et.27.1.5001

Keywords:

sports, politics, recreation, dramatic satire, social mobility

Abstract

This article explores three scenes in John Day’s understudied satiric drama The Isle of Gulls, reading the royal hunt, game of bowls, and double jest as examples of a cultural phenomenon that disguises politics as recreation. 

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2024-06-26

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2024)

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