Staging the Revolution : drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72 /

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Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the Commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in E...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Willie, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1600-1699
English drama > 17th century > History and criticism.
Théâtre anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
English drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Staging the revolution
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • A note on dating and on spelling
  • Introduction Of 1647, theatre closure and reinvention
  • 1 The paper stage
  • 2 Fairs, ghosts, tyranny and usurpation: debating the body politic on the paper stage
  • 3 Reinventing the masque: Shirley's and Davenant's protectorate entertainments
  • 4 Heroic drama on the commonwealth and Restoration stage
  • 5 Ideas of panegyric in early Restoration comedy
  • Epilogue Of 1688 and reinventing the past
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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