CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ENGLISH RESTORATION THEATRE [Cambridge Companions to Literature Series]

by Fisk, Deborah Payne, ed

First Edition

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Book description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm 0521582156 xxvii, 294 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical notes, biographies and selected bibliographies, index. 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. CONTENTS: 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]. CONDITION: Normal, moderate, overall shelving wear to (paper-covered) hardcovers; small bumps to corners. Text neat and free of all marks. .

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