The Ornament of Action: Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy - Brossura

Holland, Peter

 
9780521133944: The Ornament of Action: Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy

Sinossi

Peter Holland brings together the disciplines of theatre history and literary criticism in a close study of the staging of plays in the Restoration.

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Descrizione del libro

In this book, which was originally published in 1979, Peter Holland brings together the disciplines of theatre history and literary criticism in a close study of the manner and significance of the staging of plays in the Restoration.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; Preface; Note on references; 1. The text and the audience; 2. Performance: theatres and scenery; 3. Performance: actors and the cast; 4. Performance and the published text; 5. Text and performance (1): the comedies, 1691 to 1693; 6. Text and performance (2): Wycherley's The Plain-Dealer; 7. Text and performance (3): the comedies of Congreve; Appendices; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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9780521220484: The Ornament of Action: Text and Performance in Restoration Comedy

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521220483 ISBN 13:  9780521220484
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1979
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