The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre Paperback / softback
Edited by Deborah (American University, Washington DC) Payne Fisk
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Literature series
Paperback / softback
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This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time.
No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict.
The fourteen newly-commissioned essays examine the theatre, paying attention to major playwrights such as Dryden, Wycherly and Congreve and also to more minor works and to plays by the first professional female dramatists.
The book begins with chapters on the performance of the drama in its own time, on theatres, acting and staging, and continues with the main dramatic genres and themes, with a final chapter on the critical history of the drama.
The volume also includes a thorough chronology and biographies and bibliographies of dramatists.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages, 11 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/05/2000
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- ISBN:9780521588126
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages, 11 Halftones, unspecified; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/05/2000
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- ISBN:9780521588126
