Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-289) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: how the drama disappeared -- Part I. 1642-1649: Cases in Politics and Drama -- 1. New news for a new world? Genre politics and the news dialogues of the 1640s -- 2. 'With the agreement of the people in their hands': transformations of radical drama in the 1640s -- 3. Royalist versus Republican ethics and aesthetics Interchapter: 'The Life of Action' playing on performance in the 1640s -- Part II. The 1650s: Protectorate, Politics and Performance -- 4. Gender and status in dramatic discourse Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle -- 5. Royal or reformed? the politics of court entertainment in translation and performance -- 6. national identity, topic and genre in Davenant's protectorate opera -- 7. Genre, politics and place: the social body in the dramatic career of John Tatham -- 8. True and loyal? politics and genre in Civil War and protectorate tragicomedy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This work argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production & performance of drama nor a blank space between Renaissance drama & the Restoration stage. Rather, writers focused on a range of dramas with political perspectives.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Englisch, ...
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
Literary form-- History-- 17th century.
Political plays, English-- History and criticism.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Theater-- Political aspects-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Drama
Engels.
Engelse Burgeroorlog.
English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
English drama.
Literary form.
Literary form.
Political plays, English.
Politics and literature-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Politics and literature.
Politiek.
Politique et littérature-- Angleterre (GB)-- 17e siècle.
Theater
Theater-- Political aspects.
Théâtre anglais-- 17e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Toneel.
War and literature.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, History, Civil War, 1642-1649, Literature and the war.
Great Britain, History, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, Literature and the revolution.
Englisch.
Great Britain, History, Civil War, 1642-1649, Literature and the war.
Great Britain, History, Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660, Literature and the revolution.