Author: Vincent J. LiesenfeldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Licensing Act of 1737
Author: Vincent J. LiesenfeldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737
Author: Dr Catie GillPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409476243
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts within the scope of an eighty-year period of theatre history, allowing for definition and assessment that uncouples Restoration drama from eighteenth-century drama. Individual essays demonstrate the significant contrasts between the theatre of different decades and the context of performance, paying special attention to the literary innovation and socio-political changes that contributed to the evolution of drama. Exploring the developments in both tragedy and comedy, and in literary production, specific topics include the playwright's relationship to the monarch, women writers' connection to the audience, the changing market for plays, and the rise of the bourgeoisie. This collection also examines aspects of gender and class through the exploration of women's impact on performance and production, masculinity and libertinism, master/servant relationships, and dramatic representations of the coffee house. Accompanied by a list of Spanish-English plays and a chronology of monarch's reigns and significant changes in theatre history, From Leviathan to Licensing Act is a valuable tool for scholars of Restoration and eighteenth-century performance, providing groundwork for future research and investigation.
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832
Author: Julia SwindellsPublisher: Oxford Handbooks
ISBN: 0199600309
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 provides a comprehensive guide to theatre of the Georgian era across the range of dramatic forms.
Theatre Censorship
Author: David ThomasPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199260281
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Using previously unpublished material from the National Archives, this book provides a thoroughgoing account of the introduction and abolition of theatre censorship in England, from Sir Robert Walpole's Licensing Act of 1737 to the successful campaign to abolish theatre censorship in 1968. It concludes with an exploration of possible new forms of covert censorship.
Fictions of Presence
Author: Rosalind BallasterPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783275588
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
An absorbing study of the contested embodiment of the idea of presence in the plays and novels of the eighteenth century.
The Making of Theatre History
Author: Paul KuritzPublisher: PAUL KURITZ
ISBN: 9780135478615
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Frightful Stage
Author: Robert Justin GoldsteinPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1845458990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In nineteenth-century Europe the ruling elites viewed the theater as a form of communication which had enormous importance. The theater provided the most significant form of mass entertainment and was the only arena aside from the church in which regular mass gatherings were possible. Therefore, drama censorship occupied a great deal of the ruling class’s time and energy, with a particularly focus on proposed scripts that potentially threatened the existing political, legal, and social order. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of nineteenth-century political theater censorship at a time, in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when the European population was becoming increasingly politically active.
The Irishman in London
Author: William MacreadyHarlequin Empire
Author: David WorrallPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317315480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Under the 1737 Licensing Act, Covent Garden, Dury Lane and regional Theatres Royal held a monopoly on the dramatic canon. This work explores the presentation of foreign cultures and ethnicities on the popular British stage from 1750 to 1840. It argues that this illegitimate stage was the site for a plebeian Enlightenment.
Box, Pit, and Gallery
Author: James J. LynchPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520349423
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953.