Performance History of the Fair Penitent

This Element is of the eighteenth-century performance history of The Fair Penitent demonstrates the interrelation of print and performance and models how readers can recover elements of performance through close attention to text.

List of contents

1. Introducing the fair penitent; 2. A tragedy Reviv'd: celebrity casting and Shakespearean intertexts; 3. 'The Calista Mr. Rowe drew': picturing performance; 4. Female lotharios and the power of repertory; Appendix A: the fair penitent 1703–1800 London performance calendar; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element is of the eighteenth-century performance history of The Fair Penitent demonstrates the interrelation of print and performance and models how readers can recover elements of performance through close attention to text.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine McGirr, Elaine (University of Bristol) Mcgirr
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009485968
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0948596-8
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Theatre Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, C 1700 To C 1800, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights