Cambridge History of British Theatre , Vol. 2, 1680 to 1895

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1、thecambridgehistoryofBRITISHTHEATRE∗volume21660to1895Volume2ofTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatrebeginsin1660withtherestorationofKingCharlesIItothethroneandthere-establishmentoftheprofessionaltheatre,interdictedsince1642,andfollowsthefar-reachingdevelopmentofthef

2、ormovertwocenturiesandmoreto1895.Descriptionsofthetheatres,actorsandactresses,actingcompanies,dramatistsanddramaticgen-resovertheperiodareaugmentedbyaccountsoftheaudiences,politicsandmorality,scenography,provincialtheatre,theatricallegislation,thelong-drawn-outco

3、mpetitionofmajorandminortheatres,andtheultimaterevocationofthetheatricalmonopolyofDruryLaneandCoventGarden,initiatinganewera.Chaptersontworepresentativeyears,1776and1895,arecomplementedbychaptersontwophenomenalproductions,TheBeggar’sOperaandTheBells,aswellasbystu

4、diesofpopulartheatre,includingmusichall,sexualityontheVictorianstageandothersocialandculturalcontexts,andtheappearanceofnewdeparturesindramaticartandthefirstglimmeringsofmodernism.JosephDonohueisProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofMass-achusetts,Amherst.Heistheauth

5、orofbooksandarticlesontheBritishandIrishtheatreanddrama,includingDramaticCharacterintheEnglishRomanticAge(1970),TheatreintheAgeofKean(1975),‘TheLondonTheatreattheEndoftheEighteenthCentury’(1980),and‘Distance,DeathandDesireinSalome’(1997).Heistheeditor,withRuthBer

6、ggren,ofOscarWilde’sTheImportanceofBeingEarnest:AReconstructiveCriticalEditionoftheTextoftheFirstProduction,StJames’sTheatre,London,(1995).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008thecambridge

7、historyofBRITISHTHEATREGeneralEditorPeterThomson,UniversityofExeterTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatreprovidesauniquelyauthor-itativeaccountoftheturbulentandoftentroublesomepubliclifeofperformanceinBritain.Whilstmakingfulluseofnewresearchinasubjectthatisatthecent

8、reofcurrentconcern,theessaysaredesignedforthegeneralreaderaswellasforthespecialist.Eachvolumeisfullyillustrated.Together,theyofferacomprehensiveandcomprehensib