Title Restoration comedy in performance / J.L. Styan

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Description xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction and approach -- 2. The playhouse and the performance -- 3. The actor -- 4. The actress -- 5. Stage and sexual tactics -- 6. A mode of speech -- 7. The spirit of the performance -- Appendices -- Selected bibliography -- Index Analysis Drama in English Comedies 1625-1702 Performance 1660-1985 Drama in English Comedies, 1625-1702. Performance, 1660-1985 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 259-263 Subject Comedies of manners, English -- History and criticism. English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism. English drama -- Restoration, 1660-1700 -- History and criticism. Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. LC no. 86002222 ISBN 0521254051 0521274214 (paperback)

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