Restoration Theatre and Crisis

by Susan J. Owen

Restoration Theatre and Crisis is a seminal study of the drama of the Restoration, in particular that of the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis. This was the time of unprecedented political partisanship in the theatre. This book considers all the known plays of this period, including works by Dryden and Behn, in their historical context. It examines the complex ways in which the drama both reflected and intervened in the political process, at a time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198183879
• ISBN13: 9780198183877
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"