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Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695-1708 : The Career of George Farquhar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (179 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317303435
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Experimentation on the English Stage, 1695-1708DDC classification:
  • 822.052309
LOC classification:
  • PR3438 -- .H42 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The London Theatre World in the 1690s -- 2 Origins of 'Humane Comedy': Farquhar, Congreve, Cibber and Vanbrugh -- 3 Experimentation at the Turn of the Century -- 4 Successful Experimentation: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem -- 5 Farquhar's Contributions and the Post-1707 Theatre -- Conclusion: Farquhar and Anglo-Irish Drama -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Summary: At the beginning of the eighteenth century, British theatre saw a shift from what critics call 'Restoration' to 'sentimental' comedy. Focusing on the career of the Irish dramatist George Farquhar (1678-1707), this book argues that experimentation was the basis for this change.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The London Theatre World in the 1690s -- 2 Origins of 'Humane Comedy': Farquhar, Congreve, Cibber and Vanbrugh -- 3 Experimentation at the Turn of the Century -- 4 Successful Experimentation: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem -- 5 Farquhar's Contributions and the Post-1707 Theatre -- Conclusion: Farquhar and Anglo-Irish Drama -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, British theatre saw a shift from what critics call 'Restoration' to 'sentimental' comedy. Focusing on the career of the Irish dramatist George Farquhar (1678-1707), this book argues that experimentation was the basis for this change.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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