English Drama, 1660-1700


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This extremely readable volume analyses many individual texts, often in detail and for the first time, and also places them within the whole range of contemporary theatrical output, with its diversity of outlook and constant shifts in fashion and subject.







The Restoration Transposed


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An innovative account of the literary Restoration that stresses its diversity, historical self-awareness, and openness to new voices.




The Business of English Restoration Theatre, 1660–1700


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Deborah C. Payne explores how the duopoly of 1660 impacted company practices, stagecraft, the box office, and actors and writers.




The First English Actresses


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This book describes how and why women were permitted to act on the public stage after 1660 in England.




The Norton Anthology of Drama


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Comprehensive and up-to-date, now with more instructor resources







A Companion to Restoration Drama


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This Companion illustrates the vitality and diversity of dramatic work 1660 to 1710. Twenty-five essays by leading scholars in the field bring together the best recent insights into the full range of dramatic practice and innovation at the time. Introduces readers to the recent boom in scholarship that has revitalised Restoration drama Explores historical and cultural contexts, genres of Restoration drama, and key dramatists, among them Dryden and Behn