Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre

Name: Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre
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ISBN: 9780521588126

ISBN-10: 052158812X

ISBN-13: 9780521588126

Edition: 2000

Authors: Deborah Payne Fisk

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This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres, situating them in the social and political culture of the time.

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Illustrations


Notes on contributors


Preface


Abbreviations


Chronology: Texts and Events



The theatre




The performance




Adaptations and revivals




Comedy




Tragedy




Tragicomedy




Farce




Restoration and settlement: 1660 and 1688




Change, skepticism, and uncertainty




Drama and political crisis




Spectacle, horror, and pathos




Gender, sexuality, and marriage




Playwright versus priest: profanity and the wit of Restoration comedy




The canon and its critics



Biographies and selected bibliography


Index