Philip Major

Thomas Killigrew and the Seventeenth-Century English Stage

New Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781409466680
• ISBN-10: 140946668X
• Artikelnr.: 41244276

Autorenporträt

Philip Major teaches English at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is also editor of the collection Literatures of Exile in the English Revolution and its Aftermath, 1640-1690, and author of Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction `A Man of Much Plot
, Philip Major; Chapter 1 From Court to Cockpit: The Prisoners and Claricilla in Repertory, Collins Eleanor; Chapter 2 Tradition and Innovation in The Parson
s Wedding, Victoria Bancroft; Chapter 3 Thomas Killigrew, Theatre Manager, David Roberts; Chapter 4 Henry Killigrew and Dramatic Patronage at the Stuart Courts, Karen Britland; Chapter 5 Thomas Killigrew
s Thomaso as Two-Part Comedy, Marcus Nevitt; Chapter 6 Recycling the Exile: Thomaso, The Rover and the Critics, J.P. Vander Motten; Chapter 7 `A Gentleman of Great Esteem with the King
: The Restoration Roles and Reputations of Thomas Killigrew, Geoffrey Smith; Chapter 8 `This Lemon in mine eye
: Writing the Exile in Thomas Killigrew
s The Pilgrim, Philip Major;