David Roberts

Restoration Plays and Players

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Produktbeschreibung

An accessible and engaging introduction to Restoration drama, this book looks at the texts, performances, playhouses and people of seventeenth-century theatre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107027831
• ISBN-10: 1107027837
• Artikelnr.: 41612578

Autorenporträt

David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University, UK. His recent books include Restoration Plays and Players (2014) and George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed for Methuen Drama (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
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
Index.