A History Of English Drama

Author : John D. Cox
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231102438
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New History of Early English Drama written by John D. Cox and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-six original essays by leading theorists and historians of the pre-seventeenth-century English stage chart a paradigmatic shift within the field. In contrast to the traditional emphasis on individual authors, the contributors to this storehouse of new historical information and critical insight explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space, providing an innovative approach to both literary studies and cultural history.

Author : Allardyce Nicoll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521109314
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of English Drama 1660-1900 written by Allardyce Nicoll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.

Author : Benjamin Brawley
Publisher : New York : Harcourt, Brace
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.X5/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the English Drama written by Benjamin Brawley and published by New York : Harcourt, Brace. This book was released on 1921 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard W. Bevis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317870913
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Drama written by Richard W. Bevis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were the causes of Restoration drama's licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? In the first account of the entire period for more than a decade, Richard Bevis argues that none of these questions can be answered without an understanding of Augustan and Georgian history. The years between 1660 and 1789 saw considerable political and social upheaval, which is reflected in the eclectic array of dramatic forms that is Georgian theatre's essential characteristic.

Author : Katie Normington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565486X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval English Drama written by Katie Normington and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval English Drama provides a fresh introduction to the dramatic and festive practices of England in the late Middle Ages. The book places particular emphasis on the importance of the performance contexts of these events, bringing to life a period before permanent theatre buildings when performances took place in a wide variety of locations and had to fight to attract and maintain the attention of an audience. Showing the interplay between dramatic and everyday life, the book covers performances in convents, churches, parishes, street processions and parades, and in particular distinguishes between modes of outdoor and indoor performance. Katie Normington aids the reader to a fuller understanding of these early English dramatic practices by explaining the significance of the place of performance, the particularities of spectatorship for each event and how the conventions of the form of drama were manipulated to address its reception. Audiences considered range from cloistered members, congregations and parish members to urban citizens, nobles and royalty. Undergraduate students of literature of this period will find this an approachable and illuminating guide.

Author : Allardyce Nicoll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521129367
Total Pages : 932 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of English Drama, 1660-1900 written by Allardyce Nicoll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Echard Golden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the English Drama written by William Echard Golden and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benjamin Ifor Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Short History of English Drama written by Benjamin Ifor Evans and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Happe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131787112X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Drama Before Shakespeare written by Peter Happe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Drama before Shakespeare surveys the range of dramatic activity in English up to 1590. The book challenges the traditional divisions between Medieval and Renaissance literature by showing that there was much continuity throughout this period, in spite of many innovations. The range of dramatic activity includes well-known features such as mystery cycles and the interludes, as well as comedy and tragedy. Para-dramatic activity such as the liturgical drama, royal entries and localised or parish drama is also covered. Many of the plays considered are anonymous, but a coherent, biographical view can be taken of the work of known dramatists such as John Heywood, John Bale, and Christopher Marlowe. Peter Happé's study is based upon close reading of selected plays, especially from the mystery cycles and such Elizabethan works as Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. It takes account of contemporary research into dramatic form, performance (including some important recent revivals), dramatic sites and early theatre buildings, and the nature of early dramatic texts. Recent changes in outlook generated by the publication of the written records of early drama form part of the book's focus. There is an extensive bibliography covering social and political background, the lives and works of individual authors, and the development of theatrical ideas through the period. The book is aimed at undergraduates, as well as offering an overview for more advanced students and researchers in drama and in related fields of literature and cultural studies.

Author : Alexander Leggatt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317871464
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Drama written by Alexander Leggatt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important period in the history of English drama is revealed in Alexander Leggatt's challenging account. The author considers English drama from the beginning of Shakespeare's career to the restoration of Charles II. Focusing on Shakespeare and the development of his art, he examines all his major contemporaries: Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Beaumont, Fletcher and Ford. He combines close analysis of specific plays with a broader look at trends within drama.