Research Catalog

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Description

1. ix, 252 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Introducing readers to the key texts, theatrical practice and context of late seventeenth-century drama, David Roberts combines literary and theatrical approaches to show how Restoration plays were written, performed, received, and printed. Structured according to the 'life cycle' of the dramatic text, this book reproduces extracts from twenty-four of the most influential Restoration plays to provide readers with a comprehensive and colourful introduction to the period's drama. Roberts encourages readers to look beyond a limited canon of established plays and practice, and to see how Restoration drama has been revived and adapted on the modern stage and on screen. Restoration Plays and Players is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of seventeenth-century drama, Restoration literature and theatre studies"--

Subject

1. 1600 - 1700
2. English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism
3. Theater > England > History > 17th century
4. Theater and society > England > History > 17th century
5. Actors > England
6. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
7. Drama
8. Englisch
9. Aufführung
10. Actors
11. English drama > Restoration
12. Theater
13. Theater and society
14. England

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History.

Contents

1. Preface -- 1. Regime change theatre -- 2. The life cycle of the Restoration play -- 3. Playwrights -- 4. Companies -- 5. Actors -- 6. Playhouses -- 7. Audiences and critics -- 8. Texts and publishers -- 9. Revivals and adaptations -- Further reading -- Timeline.

Call number

1. JFE 15-1195

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Roberts, David, 1960- author.

Title

1. Restoration plays and players : an introduction / David Roberts, Birmingham City University.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

1. Cover image

Chronological term

1. 1600 - 1700

LCCN

1. 2014023641

ISBN

1. 9781107027831 hardback
2. 1107027837 hardback
3. 9781107617971 paperback
4. 1107617979 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 15-1195