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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787512303321

Titolo

Thomas Killigrew and the seventeenth-century English stage : new perspectives / / edited by Philip Major

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4094-6670-1

1-317-01038-8

1-317-01039-6

1-315-55102-0

1-4094-6669-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Studies in performance and early modern drama

Altri autori (Persone)

MajorPhilip

Disciplina

822/.4

Soggetti

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: 'A Man of Much Plot'; 1 From Court to Cockpit: The Prisoners and Claricilla in Repertory; 2 Tradition and Innovation in The Parson's Wedding; 3 Thomas Killigrew, Theatre Manager; 4 Henry Killigrew and Dramatic Patronage at the Stuart Courts; 5 Thomas Killigrew's Thomaso as Two-Part Comedy; 6 Recycling the Exile: Thomaso, The Rover and the Critics; 7 'A Gentleman of Great Esteem with the King': The Restoration Roles and Reputations of Thomas Killigrew

8 'This Lemon in mine eye': Writing the Exile in Thomas Killigrew's The PilgrimWorks Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite his significant influence as a courtier, diplomat, playwright and Restoration theatre manager, Thomas Killigrew (1612-1683) remains a comparatively elusive and neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary volume shine new light on a singular, contradictory seventeenth-century Englishman 400 years after his birth. They increase our knowledge and deepen our understanding not only of Killigrew himself, but of seventeenth-century dramaturgy, and its complex relationship to court culture and evolving aesthetic tastes.