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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... audiences 3 , 10-11 , 29 , 41-2 , 62 , 69 , 136 , 140 , 159 INDEX Austen , Jane 6 Ayckbourn , Alan : Absent Friends 134 ; Absurd Person Singular 146 , 149 , 151 ; The Norman Conquests 20 , 40 , 148 ; Relatively Speaking 78 ; Woman in ...
... audiences 3 , 10-11 , 29 , 41-2 , 62 , 69 , 136 , 140 , 159 INDEX Austen , Jane 6 Ayckbourn , Alan : Absent Friends 134 ; Absurd Person Singular 146 , 149 , 151 ; The Norman Conquests 20 , 40 , 148 ; Relatively Speaking 78 ; Woman in ...
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... audience realizes it's Falstaff , duped into wearing a buck's head , its laughter not only recognizes his absurdity but provides relief from a momentary confrontation with the uncanny . 8 Michael Billington , Alan Ayckbourn , ( London ...
... audience realizes it's Falstaff , duped into wearing a buck's head , its laughter not only recognizes his absurdity but provides relief from a momentary confrontation with the uncanny . 8 Michael Billington , Alan Ayckbourn , ( London ...
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... audience , while comedy used direct address - that has been questioned by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume , Producible Interpretation : Eight English Plays 1675-1707 ( Carbondale and Edwardsville , IL : Southern Illinois University ...
... audience , while comedy used direct address - that has been questioned by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume , Producible Interpretation : Eight English Plays 1675-1707 ( Carbondale and Edwardsville , IL : Southern Illinois University ...
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... audience works against the close - up playing that makes scenes of negotiation interesting . The plays that show comedy establishing its ground rules , displaying the tactics by which it controls anxiety and keeps its detachment ...
... audience works against the close - up playing that makes scenes of negotiation interesting . The plays that show comedy establishing its ground rules , displaying the tactics by which it controls anxiety and keeps its detachment ...
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