Restoration Staging, 1660-74

ISBN-13: 9780367736866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

Tim Keenan

Opis

Arguing that early Restoration theatre and drama is misunderstood, owing to critical and theatrical neglect, this book cuts through received notions by reading the plays in their original theatrical contexts. Tim Keenan proposes that Restoration play texts encode more information about their own performance than has hitherto been recovered. Conside

Spis treści

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of tables

Theatrical terms and definitions

Historical note

Introduction

1. Interpreting Restoration Drama: some facts and fictions

2. Visualising Restoration Staging

3. Modelling the Lincoln’s Inn Fields stage

4. Testing the Model 1: Analysing the Plays, 1661–74

5. Testing the Model 2: Exceptional Staging Demand

6. Applying the model: cracking the codes

7. Developing a scenic dramaturgy

8. Conclusion: the plays and the model

Works cited

Index

O autorze

Tim Keenan is Lecturer in Drama (Shakespeare and the Classics) at Liverpool Hope University, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Seville Restoration Comedy Project.