A Companion to Restoration Drama

Oxford, UK / Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; white dj with color illustration, blue and black lettering; mylar cover; xvi, 456 pp. Covering dramatic work in the period from 1660 to 1710, this book is divided into three sections. The first situates the drama in its social context, the second explores the wide range of drama and the final section examines changing responses to Restoration drama from the 18th century to date. Contents: Part I. The Drama in Context: -- The post-1660 theatres as performance spaces / Edward A. Langhans -- Restoration dramatic theory and criticism / Paul D. Cannan -- Theatrical regulation during the Restoration period / Matthew J. Kinservik -- Libertinism and sexuality / Maximillian E. Novak -- The Restoration actress / Deborah Payne Fisk -- Masculinity in Restoration drama / Laura J. Rosenthal -- Images of monarchy on the Restoration stage / Jessica Munns -- Restoration drama and politics : an overview / Susan J. Owen -- Restoration drama and social class / Aparna Dharwadker -- Race, performance, and the silenced Prince of Angola / Mita Choudhury -- Restoration drama after the Restoration : the critics, the repertory, and the canon / Brian Corman.; Part II. Kinds of Drama: -- Heroic drama and tragicomedy / Derek Hughes -- Restoration comedy / J. Douglas Canfield -- Tragedy and varieties of serious drama / Jean I. Marsden -- London theatre music, 1660-1719 / Todd S. Gilman -- Shakespeare and other adaptations / Sandra Clark -- Rakes, wives, and merchants : shifts from the satirical to the sentimental / Kirk Combe.; Part III. Dramatists: -- William Davenant and John Dryden / Richard Kroll -- 'Still on the criminal's side, against the innocent' : Etherege, Wycherley and the ironies of wit / Robert Markley -- 'Who vices dare explode' : Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and didactic drama of the Restoration / Christopher J. Wheatley -- Otway, Lee and the Restoration history play / Paulina Kewes -- Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Tate / Don-John Dugas -- Two female playwrights of the Restoration : Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre / Cynthia Lowenthal -- William Congreve and Thomas Southerne / Miriam Handley -- Sir John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar in the post-Restoration age / John Bull.