Restoration Theatre Production

Originally published in 1984, this book recreates the unique atmosphere of the Restoration playhouses in order to demonstrate how theatrical conditions spurred authors into creating new forms of tragedy, comedy and opera.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. The Restoration: Poems 1659-1667 2. Admiration and Truth: Drama and Criticism 1660-1679 3. Fancy and Delight: Comedy and Criticism 1663-1672 4. Judgement and Instruction: Poems, Comedy and Satire 1673-1679 5. The Exclusion Crisis: Poems, Plays and Satires 1679-1681 6. The Tory Triumph: Poems 1682-1686 7. A Catholic Reign: Poems 1685-1688 8. A Protestant Revolution: Poems and Plays After 1688 9. Reactions to History: Translations and Criticism 1681-1698 10. Nature, Love and War: The Fables and The Secular Mask

About the author

Jocelyn Powell (1938-1986) was Director and Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. He was Director of operatic productions for the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, where his work placed particular empahsis on performances of rare seventeenth- and eighteenth-century opera.

Product details

• Authors: Jocelyn Powell, Powell Jocelyn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781041017967
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4101796-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Stagecraft & Scenography, Theatre Studies, Social and cultural history, Performance Art