Philip Major

Thomas Killigrew and the Seventeenth-Century English Stage

New Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

Despite his significant influence as a courtier, diplomat, playwright and Restoration theatre manager, Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) remains a comparatively elusive and neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary volume shine new light on a singular, contradictory seventeenth-century Englishman 400 years after his birth. They inc

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781032926094
• ISBN-10: 1032926090
• Artikelnr.: 71583503

Autorenporträt

Philip Major teaches English at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is also editor of the collection Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690, and author of Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 'A Man of Much Plot'
Philip Major; Chapter 1 From Court to Cockpit: The Prisoners and Claricilla in Repertory
Collins Eleanor; Chapter 2 Tradition and Innovation in The Parson's Wedding
Victoria Bancroft; Chapter 3 Thomas Killigrew
Theatre Manager
David Roberts; Chapter 4 Henry Killigrew and Dramatic Patronage at the Stuart Courts
Karen Britland; Chapter 5 Thomas Killigrew's Thomaso as Two-Part Comedy
Marcus Nevitt; Chapter 6 Recycling the Exile: Thomaso
The Rover and the Critics
J.P. Vander Motten; Chapter 7 'A Gentleman of Great Esteem with the King': The Restoration Roles and Reputations of Thomas Killigrew
Geoffrey Smith; Chapter 8 'This Lemon in mine eye': Writing the Exile in Thomas Killigrew's The Pilgrim
Philip Major;