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The chapter deals with the Hamburg theatre scandal of 1801 and shows that scandals were already common in the theatre around 1800. The Hamburg scandal was a particular one in this context: parts of the audience revolted against the management and demanded the right to have a say in the artistic choices. The chapter deals with the role of the media, i.e. the lively and diverse press culture of Hamburg around 1800, in prolonging the conflict, thereby generating the scandal; it names strategies of escalation and de-escalation and shows which political, aesthetic and economic norms the event made visible.
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Theatre Scandals
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