The British Drama: Tragedy of Jane Shore, by Nicholas Rowe. Tragedy of Cato, by Joseph Addison. Tragedy of Isabella; or, The fatal marriage. by Thomas Southerne. Tragedy of George Barnwell, by George Lill. -v. 2. Comedy of The School for wives, by Hugh Kelly. Masque of Comus, by John Milton. The comedy of The city wives' confederacy, by Sir John Canbrugh. The comedy of The inconstant, by George Farquhar. -v. 3. Comedy of The chances, by [Francis] Beaumont and [John] Fletcher. Comedy of The way of the world, by William Congreve. Comedy of The suspicious husband, by Benjamin Hoadly. Comedy of She stoops to conquer; or, The mistakes of a night, by Oliver Goldsmith. -v. 4. The comedy of th beaux stratagem, by George Farquhar. Comedy of All in the wrong, by Arthur Murphy. Comedy of The constant couple; or, A trip to the jubilee, by George Farquhar. The comedy of The clandestine marriage, by George Colman and David Garrick


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Criticism, Performance and the Passions in the Eighteenth Century


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Recovers eighteenth-century appreciation of transition as a critical tool for analysing the expression and reception of emotion in theatre.




The British Drama


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