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A companion to Restoration drama
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- Creator
- edited by Susan J. Owen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 456 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 1405176105, 9781782688273, 1405165278, 9781405176101, 0631219234, 1782688277, 9780631219231, 9781118663400, 1118663403, 9781405165273
- OCLC
- ocm46683551, ocn244175749
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Pt. I. The Drama in Context. 1. The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces / Edward A. Langhans. 2. Restoration Dramatic Theory and Criticism / Paul D. Cannan. 3. Theatrical Regulation during the Restoration Period / Matthew J. Kinservik. 4. Libertinism and Sexuality / Maximillian E. Novak. 5. The Restoration Actress / Deborah Payne Fisk. 6. Masculinity in Restoration Drama / Laura J. Rosenthal. 7. Images of Monarchy on the Restoration Stage / Jessica Munns. 8. Restoration Drama and Politics: An Overview / Susan J. Owen. 9. Restoration Drama and Social Class / Aparna Dharwadker. 10. Race, Performance and the Silenced Prince of Angola / Mita Choudhury. 11. Restoration Drama after the Restoration: The Critics, the Repertory and the Canon / Brian Corman -- Pt. II. Kinds of Drama. 12. Heroic Drama and Tragicomedy / Derek Hughes. 13. Restoration Comedy / J. Douglas Canfield. 14. Tragedy and Varieties of Serious Drama / Jean I. Marsden. 15. London Theatre Music, 1660-1719 / Todd S. Gilman. 16. Shakespeare and Other Adaptations / Sandra Clark. 17. Rakes, Wives and Merchants: Shifts from the Satirical to the Sentimental / Kirk Combe -- Pt. III. Dramatists. 18. William Davenant and John Dryden / Richard Kroll. 19. 'Still on the Criminal's Side, against the Innocent': Etherege, Wycherley and the Ironies of Wit / Robert Markley. 20. 'Who Vices Dare Explode': Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Durfey and Didactic Drama of the Restoration / Christopher J. Wheatley. 21. Otway, Lee and the Restoration History Play / Paulina Kewes. 22. Elkanah Settle, John Crowne and Nahum Tate / Don-John Dugas. 23. Two Female Playwrights of the Restoration: Aphra Behn and Susanna Centlivre / Cynthia Lowenthal. 24. William Congreve and Thomas Southerne / Miriam Handley. 25. Sir John Vanbrugh and George Farquhar in the Post-Restoration Age / John Bull