Restoration comedy in performance
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
Print Book, English, 1986
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1986
History
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521254052, 9780521274210, 0521254051, 0521274214
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Acknowledgments
1. Introduction and approach
2. The playhouse and the performance
3. The actor
4. The actress
5. Stage and sexual tactics
6. A mode of speech
7. The spirit of the performance
Appendices
Selected bibliography
Index