Download or read book Etherege and Wycherley written by Barbara Kachur and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Etherege & Wycherley is the first book-length study devoted solely to these two leading comic dramatists of the early Restoration period. B.A. Kachur explores the major plays by George Etherege and William Wycherley within the context of the cultural, social and political changes that marked the reign of Charles II, and addresses issues such as marriage, manners, heroism, sovereignty and anxieties over class hierarchies which preoccupied late seventeenth-century England. The book provides studies of the following plays: - She Would If She Could - The Man of Mode - The Country Wife - The Plain Dealer In addition to examining the plays as cultural and historical texts, Kachur offers: - Biographical sketches detailing the dramaturgical styles of the two playwrights - An overview of Charles II's reign, including its effects on the dramatic literature of the era - A survey of Carolean theatre and drama outlining innovations in staging, and major dramatic genres - Performance histories which illuminate the ways in which twentieth-century directors have interpreted the comedies to make them accessible to modern audiences

Download or read book English Dramatists of To day written by William Archer and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays and Reviews Old English dramatists South s sermons Romance of rascality The croakers of society and literature British critics Rufus Choate Coleridge as a philosophical critic Prescott s histories Prescott s conquest of Peru Shakspeare s critics Richard Brinsley Sheridan Appendix written by Edwin Percy Whipple and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan written by George Winchester Stone and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representative selections from Restoration and eighteenth-century drama, comedy, satire, tragedy, and farce are prefaced by descriptions of the theaters, acting styles, methods of play production, and audiences.

Download or read book William Congreve written by David Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Congreve's plays locates his work firmly in the context of the literary, theatrical, aesthetic and political ideas of his age. Congreve is shown to be a superb literary craftsman, writing for a specific group of gifted actors who addressed the major social and political issues of his age. All his major works are analyzed in detail with particular reference to The Way of the World. In addition, there is a brief production history of his plays in performance, as well as an account of critical responses to his work.

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Download or read book Sheridan and Goldsmith written by Katharine Worth and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 1992-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each generation needs to be introduced to the culture and great works of the past and to reinterpret them in its own ways. This series re-examines the important English dramatists of earlier centuries in the light of new information, ew interests and new attitudes. The books will be relevant to those interested in literatire, theatre and cultural history, and to threatre-goers and general readers who want an up-to-date view of these dramatists and their plays, with the emphasis on performance and relevant culture history. This book explores the reasons for the deep and lasting appeal of Sheridan's and Goldsmith's comedies, showing how they operate at the profound imaginative level and draw on their author's experience as Irish wits in an English scene. Their subtle dramatic techniques are examined in relation to physical features of the eighteenth-century stage. A chapter on sentimental comedy relates to plays such as Hugh Kelly's False Delicacy to the balance of irony and sentiment in Goldsmith's The Good Natur'd Man and Sheridan's A Trip to Scarborough. The continuing freshness of the comedy of mistakes, masks and Harlequin-like role playing which the two playwrights draw from the operatic and theatrical conventions of their day is illustrated from modern productions. These have helped to illuminate the psychological truth and social awareness underlying the sparkling surfaces of Sheridan's and Goldsmith's classic comedies.

Download or read book Modern Dramatists written by Kimball King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection gathers critical essays on the major works of the foremost American and British playwrights of the 20th century, written by leading figures in drama/performance studies.

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Download or read book A Glossary of Stuart and Tudor Words especially from the dramatists written by Walter William Skeat and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Glossary of Stuart and Tudor Words especially from the dramatists" by Walter William Skeat. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book A glossary of Tudor and Stuart words especially from the dramatists written by Walter W. Skeat and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

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Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.