The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration TheatreDeborah Payne Fisk Cambridge University Press, 2000/05/11 - 294 ページ This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theatre which 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. There are also useful reference features. All essays have been newly commissioned for this Companion. |
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The theatre | 1 |
The performance | 19 |
Adaptations and revivals | 40 |
Comedy | 52 |
Tragedy | 70 |
Tragicomedy | 86 |
Farce | 107 |
Restoration and settlement 1660 and 1688 | 127 |
Drama and political crisis | 158 |
Spectacle horror and pathos | 174 |
Gender sexuality and marriage | 191 |
Playwright versus priest Profanity and the wit of Restoration comedy | 209 |
The cannon and its critics | 226 |
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Change skepticism and uncertainty | 142 |
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