Author: Janet Clare
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719044823
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
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, 1649-60
Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660
Author: Janet Clare
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719073359
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719073359
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
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.
The British Republic, 1649-1660
Author: Ronald Hutton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This work analyzes the diplomatic, military, political, religious and intellectual developments of the period, trying to determine the real significance of the Interegnum. The author also presents a study of Cromwell, and how contemporary research has brought more light to his life.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This work analyzes the diplomatic, military, political, religious and intellectual developments of the period, trying to determine the real significance of the Interegnum. The author also presents a study of Cromwell, and how contemporary research has brought more light to his life.
The English Republic 1649-1660
Author: T.C. Barnard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317897250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The book begins by introducing the complicated events leading to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and then offers a detailed analysis of the political experimentation which followed. Toby Barnard argues that although the survival of the revolutionary order was bound up with Cromwell, and collapsed after his death, the regime defeated both its domestic and foreign enemies and was more stable than has often been thought. The book also investigates changes on the structures of power, on the ruling elites and in the localities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317897250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The book begins by introducing the complicated events leading to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and then offers a detailed analysis of the political experimentation which followed. Toby Barnard argues that although the survival of the revolutionary order was bound up with Cromwell, and collapsed after his death, the regime defeated both its domestic and foreign enemies and was more stable than has often been thought. The book also investigates changes on the structures of power, on the ruling elites and in the localities.
The English Republic, 1649-1660
Author: Toby Christopher Barnard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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The English Republic
Author: Toby BARNARD
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785823523127
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9785823523127
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Women on Stage in Stuart Drama
Author: Sophie Tomlinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521811118
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521811118
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
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Pizarro
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1554811546
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1554811546
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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: 0199641781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199641781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
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: 1611495156
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611495156
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.