Restoration Comedy in Performance

Restoration Comedy in Performance

Author: J. L. Styan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1986-08-29

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780521274210

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An exploration of the ways in which Restoration comedy was performed, using the costume, customs, manners and behaviour of the age as a way of understanding its theatre and drama. It also considers problems encountered in early twentieth century revivals of plays by authors such as Etherege, Dryden, Congreve and Farquhar.


The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre

The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre

Author: Deborah Payne Fisk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-05-11

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780521588126

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Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.


Acting in Restoration Comedy

Acting in Restoration Comedy

Author: Simon Callow

Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Simon Callow leads a two-day class on Restoration comedy with a group of British actors, including Gail McFarlane, Harry Meacher, Pamela Moiseiwitsch and Michael Stroud. It deals with The relapse by John Vanbrugh and shows practical acting techniques.


Restoration Staging, 1660-74

Restoration Staging, 1660-74

Author: Tim Keenan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1317064682

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Restoration Staging 1660–74 cuts through prevalent ideas of Restoration theatre and drama to read early plays in their original theatrical contexts. Tim Keenan argues that Restoration play texts contain far more information about their own performance than previously imagined. Focusing on specific productions and physical staging at the three theatres operating in the first years of the Restoration – Vere Street, Bridges Street and Lincoln’s Inn Fields – Keenan analyses stage directions, scene headings and other performance clues embedded in the play-texts themselves. These close readings shed new light on staging practices of the period, building a radical new model of early Restoration staging. Restoration Staging, 1660–74 takes account of all extant new plays written for or premiered at three of London’s early theatres, presenting a much-needed reassessment of early Restoration drama.


The Rover

The Rover

Author: Aphra Behn

Publisher: Joe Books Ltd

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1987955684

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The magic of Naples during Carnival inspires love between a disparate group of local citizens and visiting Englishmen.


The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama

The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama

Author: Kristina Straub

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 1547

ISBN-13: 1317426525

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The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama brings together the work of key playwrights from 1660 to 1800, divided into three main sections: Restoring the Theatre: 1660–1700 Managing Entertainment: 1700–1760 Entertainment in an Age of Revolutions: 1760–1800 Each of the 20 plays featured is accompanied by an extraordinary wealth of print and online supplementary materials, including primary critical sources, commentaries, illustrations, and reviews of productions. Taking in the spectrum of this period’s dramatic landscape—from Restoration tragedy and comedies of manners to ballad opera and gothic spectacle—The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama is an essential resource for students and teachers alike.