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Providing an account of how Restoration plays were written, performed, printed, adapted and revived for modern audiences, this accessible and engaging book is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of theatre studies, Restoration drama and English literature.

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Introducing readers to the key texts, theatrical practice and context of late seventeenth-century drama, David Roberts combines literary and theatrical approaches to show how Restoration plays were written, performed, received and printed. Structured according to the 'life cycle' of the dramatic text, this book reproduces extracts from twenty-four of the most influential Restoration plays to provide readers with a comprehensive and colourful introduction to the period's drama. Roberts encourages readers to look beyond a limited canon of established plays and practice, and to see how Restoration Drama has been revived and adapted on the modern stage. Restoration Plays and Players is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of seventeenth-century drama, Restoration literature and theatre studies.

Author Biography

David Roberts is Professor of English and Dean of the Arts at Birmingham City University. He is the author of Pinacotheca Bettertonaeana: The Library of a Seventeenth-Century Actor (2013) and Thomas Betterton: The Greatest Actor of the Restoration Stage (Cambridge, 2010), which was shortlisted for the Theatre Library Association's George Freedley Memorial Award in 2011. He has also written many journal articles, including in Shakespeare Quarterly.

Table of Contents

List of figures; Preface; 1. Regime change theatre; 2. The life cycle of the Restoration play; 3. Playwrights; 4. Companies; 5. Actors; 6. Playhouses; 7. Audiences and critics; 8. Texts and publishers; 9. Revivals and adaptations; Further reading; Timeline; Index.

Review

'In addition to discussions of a generous selection of plays, Roberts provides students with succinct, informative and well-paced accounts of the personnel and material circumstances of Restoration Theatre, including the actors, the managers, the theatres and the growth of print culture. There is much to admire here.' Derek Hughes, University of Aberdeen '[Roberts'] theatrical primer will be a welcome addition to any bookshelf for teachers of later seventeenth-century drama. The book's successive chapters cover almost every imaginable topic. ... Roberts is particularly good at bridging his close readings of individual plays with the political, social, financial, commercial, managerial, and professional worlds these works circulated in, were shaped by, and shaped themselves.' Andrew Benjamin Bricker, Renaissance and Reformation `In addition to discussions of a generous selection of plays, Roberts provides students with succinct, informative and well-paced accounts of the personnel and material circumstances of Restoration Theatre, including the actors, the managers, the theatres and the growth of print culture. There is much to admire here.' Derek Hughes, University of Aberdeen '[Roberts'] theatrical primer will be a welcome addition to any bookshelf for teachers of later seventeenth-century drama. The book's successive chapters cover almost every imaginable topic. ... Roberts is particularly good at bridging his close readings of individual plays with the political, social, financial, commercial, managerial, and professional worlds these works circulated in, were shaped by, and shaped themselves.' Andrew Benjamin Bricker, Renaissance and Reformation

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Advance praise: 'In addition to discussions of a generous selection of plays, Roberts provides students with succinct, informative, and well-paced accounts of the personnel and material circumstances of Restoration theatre, including the actors, the managers, the theatres, and the growth of print culture. There is much to admire here.' Derek Hughes, University of Aberdeen

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An accessible and engaging introduction to Restoration drama, this book looks at the texts, performances, playhouses and people of seventeenth-century theatre.

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Providing an account of how Restoration plays were written, performed, printed, adapted and revived for modern audiences, this accessible and engaging book is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of theatre studies, Restoration drama and English literature.

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Providing an account of how Restoration plays were written, performed, printed, adapted and revived for modern audiences, this accessible and engaging book is of great interest to undergraduate and non-specialist readers of theatre studies, Restoration drama and English literature.

Details ISBN1107617979 Author David Roberts Pages 260 Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2014 ISBN-10 1107617979 ISBN-13 9781107617971 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle An Introduction Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.409 Publication Date 2014-10-30 Short Title RESTORATION PLAYS & PLAYERS Language English Media Book Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 2014-10-30 AU Release Date 2014-10-30 NZ Release Date 2014-10-30 Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 12 Halftones, unspecified We've got this

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