The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre

ISBN-13: 9780521582155 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 324 str.

Washington DC) Deborah Payne Fisk (American University

Opis

This rich and varied portrait of drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theater that followed the Restoration of Charles II is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. Contributors pay attention to major and minor playwrights, the first professional female dramatists, the performance aspects of the drama and the main dramatic genres and themes.

Recenzje

'A series of lively essays … a valuable addition to Restoration theatre criticism.' Speech and Drama

Spis treści

Chronology; 1. The theatre Edward A. Langhans; 2. The performance Joseph Roach; 3. Adaptations and revivals Michael Dobson; 4. Comedy Brian Corman; 5. Tragedy Christopher J. Wheatley; 6. Tragicomedy Nancy Klein Maguire; 7. Farce Peter Holland; 8. Restoration and settlement: 1660 and 1688 Derek Hughes; 9. Change, scepticism and uncertainty Jessica Munns; 10. Drama and political crisis Susan J. Owens; 11. Spectacle, horror and pathos Jean Marsden; 12. Gender, sexuality and marriage Pat Gill; 13. Playwright versus priest Michael Cordner; 14. The canon and its critics Robert Markley; Biographies and selected bibliography; Index.