The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre [Paperback]

Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theatre which followed the Restoration of Charles II is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. Contributors pay attention to major and minor playwrights, the first professional female dramatists, the performance aspects of the drama and the main dramatic genres and themes. There are also useful reference features. All essays have been newly commissioned for this Companion.This rich and varied portrait of the drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theatre which followed the Restoration of Charles II is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. Contributors pay attention to major and minor playwrights, the first professional female dramatists, the performance aspects of the drama and the main dramatic genres and themes. There are also useful reference features. All essays have been newly commissioned for this Companion.This rich and varied portrait of drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theater that followed the Restoration of Charles II is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. Contributors pay attention to major and minor playwrights, the first professional female dramatists, the performance aspects of the drama and the main dramatic genres and themes.Chronology; 1. The theatre Edward A. Langhans; 2. The performance Joseph Roach; 3. Adaptations and revivals Michael Dobson; 4. Comedy Brian Corman; 5. Tragedy Christopher J. Wheatley; 6. Tragicomedy Nancy Klein Maguire; 7. Farce Peter lS%