The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521582155)

This rich and varied portrait of drama from 1660 to 1714 provides students with essential information about playwrights, staging and genres in their social and political context. The theater that followed the Restoration of Charles II is revealed in all of its tumult, energy and conflict. Contributors pay attention to major and minor playwrights, the first professional female dramatists, the performance aspects of the drama and the main dramatic genres and themes.

Author: Deborah Payne Fisk
ISBN-10: 0521582156
ISBN-13: 9780521582155
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2000
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.08w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 171
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1266