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Staging the revolution: Drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72
Rachel Willie
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Description for Staging the revolution: Drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72
Hardback. Seeks to reassess the dramatic output of the Commonwealth, Protectorate and early Restoration; a period that has often been marginalised by specialists of both Renaissance and Restoration drama. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 434.
Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in England until the playhouses were reopened in 1660 is a product of post-Restoration re-writing of the English civil wars and the representations of royalists and parliamentarians that emerged in the 1640s and 1650s. These retellings of recent events in dramatic form mean that drama is central to civil-war discourse. Staging the revolution examines ... Read more
Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in England until the playhouses were reopened in 1660 is a product of post-Restoration re-writing of the English civil wars and the representations of royalists and parliamentarians that emerged in the 1640s and 1650s. These retellings of recent events in dramatic form mean that drama is central to civil-war discourse. Staging the revolution examines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719087639
SKU
V9780719087639
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About Rachel Willie
Rachel Willie is Lecturer in English Literature at Bangor University -- .
Reviews for Staging the revolution: Drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72
STAGING THE REVOLUTION: DRAMA, REVINVENTION, AND HISTORY 1647-72 (Manchester) is a truly remarkable contribution to our understanding of interregnum and post-Restoration theatre. Its central argument - that the drama across the period is marked by striking continuities as well as disruptions - is sustained with a deeply impressive scholarly command; and the sheer range of reference, both primary and secondary, ... Read more