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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... play , and he became a bugbear for the suffragettes ; see Joel H. Kaplan and Sheila Stowell , Theatre and Fashion : Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1994 ) , p.190 , n.15 . 13 James Thurber , Men ...
... play , and he became a bugbear for the suffragettes ; see Joel H. Kaplan and Sheila Stowell , Theatre and Fashion : Oscar Wilde to the Suffragettes ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1994 ) , p.190 , n.15 . 13 James Thurber , Men ...
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... play's run on both sides of the Atlantic established a record that was to be broken only by Charley's Aunt ; during ... play is a little ambiguous on this point . Nick claims , ' I attempted last night to misbehave myself with her . I ...
... play's run on both sides of the Atlantic established a record that was to be broken only by Charley's Aunt ; during ... play is a little ambiguous on this point . Nick claims , ' I attempted last night to misbehave myself with her . I ...
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... play as combining celebration with nightmare ( pp.127-35 ) . 20 The Orton Diaries , op . cit . , p.256 . 21 The unnaturally short day of Butler is the converse of the unnaturally long nights of some Elizabethan comedies . In Two Angry ...
... play as combining celebration with nightmare ( pp.127-35 ) . 20 The Orton Diaries , op . cit . , p.256 . 21 The unnaturally short day of Butler is the converse of the unnaturally long nights of some Elizabethan comedies . In Two Angry ...
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... play's equation of personal and financial relations , see Lars Engle , “ Thrift is Blessing " : Exchange and Explanation in The Merchant of Venice ' , Shakespeare Quarterly 37 ( 1986 ) , pp . 20-37 . 16 Harold Perkin , op . cit . , pp ...
... play's equation of personal and financial relations , see Lars Engle , “ Thrift is Blessing " : Exchange and Explanation in The Merchant of Venice ' , Shakespeare Quarterly 37 ( 1986 ) , pp . 20-37 . 16 Harold Perkin , op . cit . , pp ...
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