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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... scene is unlike the marriage contracts of the actual world , in that it never mentions money : ' Romance and Finance : The Comedies of William Congreve ' , Comedy from Shakespeare to Sheridan , ed . A.R. Braunmuller and J.C. Bulman ...
... scene is unlike the marriage contracts of the actual world , in that it never mentions money : ' Romance and Finance : The Comedies of William Congreve ' , Comedy from Shakespeare to Sheridan , ed . A.R. Braunmuller and J.C. Bulman ...
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... scene ( p.xvii ) . Given Goldsmith's general ability to create rounded characters , the reading is worth entertaining ; but Mrs Hardcastle's gift for self - dramatization works against it . 19 There was a widespread recognition on the ...
... scene ( p.xvii ) . Given Goldsmith's general ability to create rounded characters , the reading is worth entertaining ; but Mrs Hardcastle's gift for self - dramatization works against it . 19 There was a widespread recognition on the ...
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... scene in a letter to Richard Seyd , who was preparing a production in San Franciso in 1983 : " Then there's the goddess scene , midsummer or so by now , when the women assert themselves , magic happens , ghosts start to be laid ...
... scene in a letter to Richard Seyd , who was preparing a production in San Franciso in 1983 : " Then there's the goddess scene , midsummer or so by now , when the women assert themselves , magic happens , ghosts start to be laid ...
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... Scenes of negotiation between lovers cluster thickly in Renaissance and Restoration comedy , but thin out as the decline of public space keeps men and women apart and the increasing distance between stage and audience works against the ...
... Scenes of negotiation between lovers cluster thickly in Renaissance and Restoration comedy , but thin out as the decline of public space keeps men and women apart and the increasing distance between stage and audience works against the ...
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