Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737 - From Leviathan to Licensing Act

Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts within the scope of an eighty-year period of theatre history, allowing for definition and assessment that uncouples Restoration drama from eighteenth-century drama. Paying special attention to literary innov

List of contents

Contents: Introduction, Catie Gill; What do the servants know?, Paddy Lyons; Flinging the book away: books, reading and gender in the Restoration stage, Jacqueline Pearson; Coffee-houses and Restoration drama, Juan A. Prieto-Pablos; Sex and tyranny revisited: Waller's The Maid's Tragedy and Rochester's Valentinian, Sandra Clark; Sex, tyranny and the problem of allegiance: political drama during the Restoration, Warren Chernaik; The adaptation of 17th-century Spanish drama to the English stage during the Restoration period: the case of Chalderón, Jorge Braga Riera; The female wits: women writers at work, Jane Milling; 'Jilting jades'? Perceptions of female playgoers in the Restoration, 1660-1700, Fiona Ritchie; Revolution and the moral reform of the stage: the case of Durfey's The Marriage-Hater Matched (1692), María José Mora and Manuel J. Gómez-Lara; Works cited; Index.

About the author

Catie Gill is lecturer in Early Modern Writing at Loughborough University.

Summary

Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts within the scope of an eighty-year period of theatre history, allowing for definition and assessment that uncouples Restoration drama from eighteenth-century drama. Paying special attention to literary innov

Product details

• Assisted by: Catie Gill (Editor), Gill Catie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928395
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92839-5
• No. of pages: 190
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, History and Archaeology, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Literary studies: plays and playwrights