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Drama of the English Republic, 1649-60

Author : Janet Clare
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719044823
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Drama of the English Republic, 1649-60 written by Janet Clare and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of five dramatic works originally published when English was nominally a Republic. The five texts, three of which have been edited for the first time, include The Tragedy of that Famous Roman Orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (Anonymous), Cupid and Death by James Shirley; and William Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes, The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, and The History of Sir Francis Drake. In her introductory piece, editor Janet Clare (English, University College, Dublin, UK) argues that theater forced into a novel state of opposition did more than survive in reduced form; it adapted, offered oblique critiques of Caroline policies, and revealed complex and shifting alliances. Distributed by Palgrave. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660

Author : Janet Clare
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719073359
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660 written by Janet Clare and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama of the English Republic is the first modern collection of plays and entertainments which were originally published and performed when England was nominally a republic or commonwealth. The five texts, three of which have been edited here for the first time, illustrate how the dramatists devised new aesthetics in response to the ideological concerns of the Republic.

English Historical Drama, 1500-1660

Author : Barbara Ravelhofer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230593267
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book English Historical Drama, 1500-1660 written by Barbara Ravelhofer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many readers today associate the early modern history play with Shakespeare. While not wishing to ignore the influence of Shakespeare, this collection of essays explores other historical drama between 1500 and 1660, covering a wide range of different formats. An introduction provides a survey of current criticism, exploring both early modern and contemporary definitions of the 'history play'. Individual essays in chronological order discuss a wide variety of possible sources for historical drama, ranging from oral traditions to chronicles. They also explore genres outside the canon which think of 'history' in different ways, such as shows, moralities and closet drama.

Pizarro

Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554811546
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Pizarro written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s last play, an adaptation of August von Kotzebue’s Die Spanier in Peru first performed in 1799, was one of the most popular of the entire century. Set during the Spanish Conquest of Peru, Pizarro dramatizes English fears of invasion by Revolutionary France, but it is also surprisingly and critically engaged with Britain’s colonial exploits abroad. Pizarro is a play of firsts: the first use of music alongside action, the first collapsing set, the first production to inspire such celebratory ephemera as cartoons, portraits, postcards, even porcelain collector plates. Pizarro marks the end of eighteenth-century drama and the birth of a new theatrical culture. This edition features a comprehensive introduction and extensive appendices documenting the play’s first successful performances and global influence. It will appeal to students and scholars of Romantic literature, theatre history, post-colonialism, and Indigenous studies.

England's Culture Wars

Author : B. S. Capp
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199641781
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book England's Culture Wars written by B. S. Capp and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores what happened once the monarchy had been swept away after the civil war and puritans found themselves in power. Examines campaigns to regulate sexual behaviour, reform language, and suppress Christmas traditions, disorderly sports, and popular music. Shows how reformers, despite meeting defiance and evasion, could have a major impact.

Dramatic Extracts in Seventeenth-Century English Manuscripts

Author : Laura Estill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1611495156
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Dramatic Extracts in Seventeenth-Century English Manuscripts written by Laura Estill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the seventeenth century, early modern play readers and playgoers copied dramatic extracts into their commonplace books, verse miscellanies, diaries, and songbooks. This is the first book to examine these often overlooked texts, which reveal what early modern audiences and readers took, literally and figuratively, from plays.

The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe

Author : Stephen Bernard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134980728
Total Pages : 1484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe written by Stephen Bernard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-14 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the ‘lost Augustan’. His plays are important both for the way they address the political and social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe’s mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his providing significant roles for women, and examines the political and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope. This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe’s plays and poems and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white illustrations. The first three volumes arrange his plays chronologically with the first volume presenting the early plays, The Ambitious Step-Mother, Tamerlane, and The Fair Penitent; the second volume the middle plays, The Biter, Ulysses, and The Royal Convert; and the third volume his late period plays, The Tragedy of Jane Shore and The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Grey. The subsequent volumes cover his translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia, described by Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest productions in English poetry, and his own original poetry — which was often composed for specific occasions. Each volume contains a newly written explanatory introduction which precedes the full edited text. Appendices covering dedications, prologues and epilogues, performance history, the related music and textual apparatus are also included. The edition comes with a consolidated bibliography for ease of reference.

The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume V

Author : Stephen Bernard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134982194
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume V written by Stephen Bernard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Rowe was the first Poet Laureate of the Georgian era. A fascinating and important yet largely overlooked figure in eighteenth-century literature, he is the ‘lost Augustan’. His plays are important both for the way they address the political and social concerns of the day and for reflecting a period in which the theatre was in crisis. This edition sets out to demonstrate Rowe’s mastery of the early eighteenth century theatre, especially his providing significant roles for women, and examines the political and historical stances of his plays. It also highlights his work as a translator, which was both innovative and deeply in tune with current practices as exemplified by John Dryden and Alexander Pope. This is the first scholarly edition of all Rowe’s plays and poems and is accompanied by 15 musical scores and 31 black and white illustrations. In this final volume the second part of his translation of Lucan’s Pharsalia, described by Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest productions in English poetry, is presented along with some his own original poetry. A newly written explanatory introduction to the Pharsalia by Stephen Bernard precedes the full edited text in volume IV. Appendices covering the related music and textual apparatus are also included. The edition comes with a consolidated bibliography for ease of reference.

Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays

Author : Peter Corbin
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719019531
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays written by Peter Corbin and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Jacobean society, witchcraft was a potent and very real force, an area of sharp controversy in which King James I himself participated and a phenomenon that attracted many dramatists and writers. The three plays in this book - Sophonisba, The Witch and The Witch of Edmonton - reflect the variety of belief in witches and practice of witchcraft in the Jacobean period. Jacobean understanding of witchcraft is illuminated by the close study of these contrasting texts in relation to each other and to other contemporary works: The Masque of Queenes; Dr Faustus; Macbeth and The Tempest. The introduction and detailed commentaries explore the considerable theatrical potential of plays which, with the exception of The Witch of Edmonton, have been hitherto lost to the dramatic repertory.

Three Seventeenth-Century Plays on Women and Performance

Author : Hero Chalmers
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719063381
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Three Seventeenth-Century Plays on Women and Performance written by Hero Chalmers and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a ground-breaking edition of three seventeenth-century plays that all engage in diverse and exciting ways with questions of gender and performance. The collection, edited by three pioneering scholars of elite female culture and early modern drama, makes the texts of three much-discussed plays - John Fletcher's The Wild-Goose Chase, James Shirley's The Bird in a Cage and Margaret Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure - available together in a full scholarly edition for the first time.The Wild Goose Chase (1621) and The Bird in a Cage (1633) were both performed in the commercial London theatres in the Jacobean and Caroline periods respectively. The Convent of Pleasure (1668) is a so-called 'closet' drama, designed primarily for reading but drawing on a tradition of aristocratic theatricals. In a wide-ranging co-authored introduction to the volume, the editors explore the concerns of these playtexts in relation to contemporary debates surrounding popular festivity and anti-theatricalism, as well as the agency of elite female culture in the Stuart period and the emergence of the professional female actor in the Restoration.The volume will be an invaluable teaching and research tool for students and scholars of early modern drama, women's writing and performance studies more generally, as well as providing a rich sourcebook for the reader interested in seventeenth-century theatrical culture.

John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England'

Author : John Lyly
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719064586
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England' written by John Lyly and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Of primary importance for students of Renaissance prose, this edition complements the on-going publication of Lyly's dramatic works in The Revels Plays. The introduction includes a discussion of the relationship between the dramatic and non-dramatic work locating Lyly's plays in a wider context."--BOOK JACKET.

Imagining Early Modern Histories

Author : Elizabeth Ketner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134803974
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Imagining Early Modern Histories written by Elizabeth Ketner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting textual mediations of history in early modernity, this volume adds nuance to our understanding of the contributions fiction and fictionalizing make to the shape and texture of versions of and debates about history during that period. Geographically, the scope of the essays extends beyond Europe and England to include Asia and Africa. Contributors take a number of different approaches to understand the relationship between history, fiction, and broader themes in early modern culture. They analyze the ways fiction writers use historical sources, fictional texts translate ideas about the past into a vernacular accessible to broad audiences, fictional depictions and interpretations shape historical action, and the ways in which nonfictional texts and accounts were given fictional histories of their own, intentionally or not, through transmission and interpretation. By combining the already contested idea of fiction with performance, action, and ideas/ideology, this collection provides a more thorough consideration of fictional histories in the early modern period. It also covers more than two centuries of primary material, providing a longer perspective on the changing and complex role of history in forming early modern national, gendered, and cultural identities.

Richard Brome

Author : Matthew Steggle
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719063589
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Richard Brome written by Matthew Steggle and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Brome was the leading comic playwright of 1630s London. Starting his career as a manservant to Ben Jonson, he wrote a string of highly successful comedies which were influential in British theatre long after Brome's own playwriting career was cut short by the closure of the theatres in 1642.This book offers the first full-length chronological account of Brome's life and works, drawing on a wide range of recently rediscovered manuscript sources. Each of the surviving plays is discussed in relation to its social and political context, and its sense of place. A final chapter reviews Brome's enduring stageworthiness into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the most recent Brome revivals.

Early Modern Theatricality

Author : Henry S. Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199641358
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Early Modern Theatricality written by Henry S. Turner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Modern Theatricality brings together some of the most innovative critics in the field to examine the many conventions that characterized early modern theatricality. It generates fresh possibilities for criticism, combining historical, formal, and philosophical questions, in order to provoke our rediscovery of early modern drama.

Poetry and Sovereignty in the English Revolution

Author : Niall Allsopp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198861060
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Poetry and Sovereignty in the English Revolution written by Niall Allsopp and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new interpretation of the poetry of the English Revolution by focusing on royalist poets who left the cause behind following the execution of the king.

The Stukeley Plays

Author : Charles Edelman
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719062346
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Stukeley Plays written by Charles Edelman and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first modern-spelling, annotated edition of the two plays in which Thomas Stukeley, the notorious courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier is a major character

From Republic to Restoration

Author : Janet Clare
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152610752X
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book From Republic to Restoration written by Janet Clare and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Republic to restoration cuts across artificial divides between periods and disciplines,often imposed for reasons of convenience rather than reality. Challenging the traditional period divide of 1660, essays in this volume explore continuities with the decades of civil war and the Republic, shedding new light on religious, political and cultural conditions before and after the restoration of church and king. Transdisciplinary in conception, it includes essays on political theory, poetry, pamphlets, drama, opera, art, scientific experiment and the Book of Common Prayer. Essays in the volume variously show how unresolved issues at national and local level, including residual republicanism and religious dissent, were evident in many areas of Restoration life, and were recorded in memoirs, diaries, plays, historical writing, pamphlets and poems. An active promotion of forgetting, and the erasing of memories of the Republic and the reconstruction of the old order did not mend the political, religious and cultural divisions that had opened up during the Civil War. In examining such diverse genres as women’s religious and prophetic writings, the publications of the Royal Society, the poetry and prose of Marvell and Milton, plays and opera, court portraiture, contemporary histories of the civil wars, and political cartoons, the volume substantiates its central claim that the Restoration was conditioned by continuity and adaptation of linguistic and artistic discourses. Republic to restoration will be of significant interest to academic researchers in a wide range of related fields, and especially students and scholars of seventeenth-century literature and history.