Author: Eleanore Boswell Murrie
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 416
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Publisher: Beaufort Books
Published: 1972-08-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780405181382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Nicoll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780521109284
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Allardyce Nicoll's History of English Drama, 1660-1900 was an immense scholarly achievement and the work of one man. Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'. The History is reissued in seven paperback volumes, available separately and as a set. In volumes 1-5 Nicoll describes the conditions of the stage, actors and managers as well as dramatic genres. The sixth and seventh volumes offer a comprehensive list of all the plays known to have been produced or printed in England between 1660 and 1930, with their authors and alternative titles; it has thus independent value as well as providing an index to the earlier volumes.
Author: Deborah C. Payne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-05-31
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1009398210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Deborah C. Payne explores how the duopoly of 1660 impacted company practices, stagecraft, the box office, and actors and writers.
Author: Rebecca Herissone
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 1317043278
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of current research into Purcell and the environment of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Seen from the perspective of modern, interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship, the companion allows the reader to develop a rounded view of the environment in which Purcell lived, the people with whom he worked, the social conditions that influenced his activities, and the ways in which the modern perception of him has been affected by reception of his music after his death. In this sense the contributions do not privilege the individual over the environment: rather, they use the modern reader's familiarity with Purcell's music as a gateway into the broader Restoration world. Topics include a reassessment of our understanding of Purcell's sources and the transmission of his music; new ways of approaching the study of his creative methods; performance practice; the multi-faceted theatre environment in which his work was focused in the last five years of his life; the importance of the political and social contexts of late seventeenth-century England; and the ways in which the performance history and reception of his music have influenced modern appreciation of the composer. The book will be essential reading for anyone studying the music and culture of the seventeenth century.
Author: Matthew Jenkinson
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1843835908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The reconstitution of the royal court in 1660 brought with it the restoration of fears that had been associated with earlier Stuart courts: disorder, sexual liberty, popery and arbitrary government. This volume illustrates the ways in which court culture was informed by the heady politics of Britain between 1660 and 1685.
Author: Matthew C. Augustine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-23
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1107064392
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Essays by leading scholars explore the work, life and times of the notorious libertine poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.
Author: William Congreve
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2014-06-13
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 1408144166
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More successful in its day than The Way of the World, which is now accounted Congreve's best play, Love for Love (1695) is a comical farce manifesting the verbal polish and the theatrical wit that audiences so enjoy in Congreve. Valentine, Sir Sampson's dissolute eldest son, finds himself at a standstill; the only way out of his financial difficulties is to give in to his father's pressure to renounce his right of inheritance. While this suggestion immediately increases the chances of his bluff younger brother Ben on the marriage mart, Valentine's own chances with his beloved Angelica would proportionally decrease. To avoid having to sign the renunciation Valentine puts on an 'antic disposition' and pretends to be mad. Angelica, seeing through him, provokes him back into sanity by pretending to agree to marry his father. Valentine recovers, the lovers reunite, and Ben, too, has meanwhile found the girl of his heart
Author: William Lewis Sachse
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1971-07-02
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780521081719
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