Cambridge History of British Theatre , Vol. 1, Origins to 1660

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1、thecambridgehistoryofBRITISHTHEATRE*volume1Originsto1660Volume1ofTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatrebeginsinRomanBritainandendswithCharlesII’srestorationtothethroneimminent.ThefouressaysinPartitreatpre-Elizabethantheatre,theeightinPartiifocusontherichesoftheElizabethanera,andtheseveninPartiiion

2、theatricaldevelopmentsduringandafterthereignsofJamesIandCharlesI.TheessaysarewrittenforthegeneralreaderbyleadingBritishandAmericanscholars,whocombineaninterestinthewrittendramawithanunderstandingofthematerialconditionsoftheevolvingprofessionaltheatrewhichthedramahelpedtosustain,oftenenoughagain

3、stformidableodds.Thevolumeunfoldsastoryofenterprise,innovationand,sometimes,ofdesperatesurvivaloveryearsinwhichtheatreanddramawerenecessarilyembroiledinthepoliticsofeverydaylife:avividsubjectvividlypresented.JaneMillingisLecturerinDramaattheUniversityofExeter.ShehaswrittenonRestorationperformer

4、sandfemaledrama-tists.Herworkinthemodernperiodincludesco-authorshipwithGrahamLeyofModernTheoriesofPerformance:FromStanislavskitoBoal(2001).PeterThomsonisEmeritusProfessorofDramaattheUniver-sityofExeter.HisbooksincludeShakespeare’sTheatre(1992),Brecht:MotherCourageandHerChildren(Cambridge,1997),

5、Shakespeare’sProfessionalCareer(Cambridge,1992,1999)andOnActorsandActing(2000).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008thecambridgehistoryofBRITISHTHEATREGeneralEditorPeterThomson,UniversityofExeterTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishT

6、heatreprovidesauniquelyauthor-itativeaccountoftheturbulentandoftentroublesomepubliclifeofperformanceinBritain.Whilstmakingfulluseofnewresearchinasubjectthatisatthecentreofcurrentconcern,theessaysaredesignedforthegeneralreaderaswellasforthespecialist.Eachvolumeisfullyillustrated.Together,theyoff

7、eracomprehensiveandcomprehensiblehistoryoftheatre,ofwhichplaysareapartbutbynomeansthewhole.TheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatre,Volume:OriginstoeditedbyjanemillingandpeterthomsonTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatre,Volume: