Author: Peter ThomsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839254
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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The Cambridge Introduction to English Theatre, 1660-1900
Author: Peter ThomsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839254
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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A History of English Drama, 1660-1900
Author: Allardyce NicollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages :
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History of English Drama, 1660-1900
Author: Allardyce NicollPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521129367
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century Drama 1850-1900
Author: Allardyce NicollPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058315
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'.
The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre
Author: Janette DillonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521834740
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
An accessible introduction to early English theatre, from the late medieval period to 1642.
The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre
Author: Deborah Payne FiskPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825674
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
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. No longer seen as a privileged arena for select dramatists and elite courtiers, the Restoration theatre is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. The fourteen newly-commissioned essays examine the theatre, paying attention to major playwrights such as Dryden, Wycherly and Congreve and also to more minor works and to plays by the first professional female dramatists. The book begins with chapters on the performance of the drama in its own time, on theatres, acting and staging, and continues with the main dramatic genres and themes, with a final chapter on the critical history of the drama. The volume also includes a thorough chronology and biographies and bibliographies of dramatists.
A History of English Drama 1660-1900
Author: Allardyce NicollPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521109314
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'.
The Cambridge Introduction to British Fiction, 1900–1950
Author: Robert L. CaserioPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107029287
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of both modernist and popular British fiction of the first half of the twentieth century.
The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Comedies
Author: Penny GayPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139469777
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Why did theatre audiences laugh in Shakespeare's day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to amuse and move audiences? What do his comedies have to say about love, sex, gender, power, family, community, and class? What place have pain, cruelty, and even death in a comedy? Why all those puns? In a survey that travels from Shakespeare's earliest experiments in farce and courtly love-stories to the great romantic comedies of his middle years and the mould-breaking experiments of his last decade's work, this book addresses these vital questions. Organised thematically, and covering all Shakespeare's comedies from the beginning to the end of his career, it provides readers with a map of the playwright's comic styles, showing how he built on comedic conventions as he further enriched the possibilities of the genre.
Historical Dictionary of British Theatre
Author: Darryll GrantleyPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810880288
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
This book has over 1,183 entries in the dictionary section, these being mainly on playwrights and plays, but others as well including managers and critics, and also on specific theatres, legislative acts and some technical jargon. Then there are entries on the different genres, from comedy to tragedy and everything in between. Inevitably, the chronology is quite long as it has a long period to cover and the introduction provides the necessary overview. The Historical Dictionary of British Theatre: Early Period concludes with a pretty massive bibliography. That will be of use to particularly assiduous researchers, but this book itself is a good place to start any research since it covers periods that are far less well-known and documented, and ordinary theatre-goers will also find useful information.