English Stage Comedy 1490-1990Alexander Leggatt Routledge, 31. 1. 2002 - 192 strán (strany) First published in 2004. English stage comedy has weathered centuries of social and theatrical change. How did it survive? English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. Organized thematically, it shows how this remarkably enduring genre has dealt with the tensions of social life, using its conventions as tools for social inquiry. Through an examination of comedy Alexander Leggatt demonstrates that an approach through genre, neglected in recent criticism, can have much to say about our current concerns with the relations between literature and society. English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 surveys five centuries of classic comic drama, focusing on major playwrights such as: Shakespeare, Jonson, Etherege, Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Wilde, Shaw, Coward, Orton, Ayckbourn and many lesser-known figures. |
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... theatrical change. How did it survive? English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. Organized thematically, it shows how ...
... theatrical change. How did it survive? English Stage Comedy 1490–1990 is a unique and beautifully written study of the comedy of the English stage from the Tudor period to the late twentieth century. Organized thematically, it shows how ...
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... theatrical habit of keeping plays in repertory; one gets a very misleading impression of the theatre of any period if one studies only new plays. Following Hardcastle, audiences seem to like old comedies in particular. Late Restoration ...
... theatrical habit of keeping plays in repertory; one gets a very misleading impression of the theatre of any period if one studies only new plays. Following Hardcastle, audiences seem to like old comedies in particular. Late Restoration ...
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... centuries public space declined, life became more domestic, and the quasi-theatrical art of self-presentation in a public arena suffered accordingly.38 The turn towards the domestic is symbolized in the 9 FIVE CENTURIES OF A GENRE.
... centuries public space declined, life became more domestic, and the quasi-theatrical art of self-presentation in a public arena suffered accordingly.38 The turn towards the domestic is symbolized in the 9 FIVE CENTURIES OF A GENRE.
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... theatrical space – to which comedy had to respond. In the theatres of the Renaissance and the Restoration, actors played close to the audience, in the same light; the auditorium was not darkened until the late nineteenth century. This ...
... theatrical space – to which comedy had to respond. In the theatres of the Renaissance and the Restoration, actors played close to the audience, in the same light; the auditorium was not darkened until the late nineteenth century. This ...
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... Restoration theatre female roles were taken by boys, and the convention of the female character with the male body allowed playful experiments with theatrical illusion and questions of gender. In John Lyly's 11 FIVE CENTURIES OF A GENRE.
... Restoration theatre female roles were taken by boys, and the convention of the female character with the male body allowed playful experiments with theatrical illusion and questions of gender. In John Lyly's 11 FIVE CENTURIES OF A GENRE.
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