Drama of the English Republic, 1649-1660: Plays and Entertainments

by Janet Clare

Book Overview

'Drama of the English Republic' is the first modern collection of plays and entertainments which were originally published and performed when England was a nominally a republic or commonwealth. The five texts, three of which have been edited here for the first time, illustrate how the dramatists devised new aesthetics in response to the ideological concerns of the republic. Clare argues that theatre, forced into a novel position of opposition, did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719073359
• ISBN13: 9780719073359
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"