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Drama and Politics in the English Civil War

By Susan Wiseman

Book information

Year
1998
ISBN
9780511518980, 0521472210, 0511518986, 9780521472210
LCC
PR680 .W57 1998
Open Library ID
OL661308M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1880721 bytes)
Pages
316\315
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In 1642 an ordinance closed the theaters of England. Critics and historians have assumed that the edict was firm and inviolate. Susan Wiseman challenges this assumption and argues that the period 1640 to 1660 was not a gap in the production and performance of drama. Rather, throughout the period writers focused instead on a range of dramas with political perspectives, from republican to royalist. In analyzing the diverse forms of dramatic production of the 1640s and 1650s, Wiseman offers new insights into the theater of the Civil War.

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